Electrical Formulator vs Z Platform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Electrical Formulator
This app provides a comprehensive suite of electrical calculation tools for design and engineering challenges. It offers hundreds of conversion and calculation options, with features to save, print, and email results. Easily access frequently used and recently accessed formulas, with all calculations automatically stored.
- Over 100 electrical formulas
- Save and organize results
- Share results via email or print
- Access most-used and recent formulas
- Supports US/Imperial and metric units
- Formula categories for batteries, motors, transformers, and more
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Electrical Formulator: Your Complete Electrical Calculation Tool Solve virtually any electrical design or engineering challenge with this powerful and intuitive electrical formulator. Packed with hundreds of conversion and calculation tools, it’s the most versatile utility in your toolkit. Save, print, or email your results. Easily access your most-used and recently used formulas. Every calculation is automatically saved for future reference. Key Features: • Instant access to over 100 professional-grade electrical formulas • Save and organize your results for later reference • Share results via email or print • Highlights your most-used and recent formulas • Designed for engineers, electricians, and energy professionals Formula Categories: Batteries • Starting motor amperage • Number of cells required • Estimated operating time Cost Calculations • Appliance and lighting energy usage • Estimated usage hours for new bulbs • Insulation payback period BTU Conversions • BTU to joules, horsepower-hr, watt-hr, calories, foot-pounds, and more Generator Calculations • DC generator output • Generator amperage and efficiency Impedance & Reactance • Resistance & reactance combinations • Inductive and capacitive reactance • Total impedance and parallel circuits Kilowatts & Joules • Convert kilowatts to BTU/hr, joules/sec, lumens, horsepower, megajoules/hr, and more Motors • Single- and three-phase motor calculations • Locked rotor current • Motor kVA (including multiple input scenarios) • Motor speed analysis Ohm’s Law • Calculate for power, voltage, resistance, or current Transformers • Primary and secondary amperage • Full-load transformer sizing (208V, 240V, 480V for single and three-phase) • Impedance and amperage capacity calculations Voltage Drop • Copper and aluminum wire voltage drop (1-phase and 3-phase) • US/Imperial and metric units supported Wiring & Conduits • Wire size and resistance (copper and aluminum) • Wire length calculations • Conduit sizing Whether you’re working in the field, the lab, or the classroom, this electrical formulator helps you work faster, smarter, and with confidence. Users are able to calculate twelve formulas for FREE. Purchase a subscription to calculate additional formulas. All subscriptions come with a 1-WEEK FREE TRIAL and SUPPORT Family Sharing.
Z Platform
This platform provides tools for managing electrical distribution system maintenance. It supports tasks related to electrical maintenance, data collection, and quoting for service providers.
- Work session management
- NFPA 70B and 70E compliance support
- Infrared thermography tools
- Arc Flash Hazard Analysis data collection
- Multi-year maintenance quoting
- De-energized testing support
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Egalvanic offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed for service providers of medium-to-high voltage electrical distribution systems. Our platform includes work session management tools that streamline workflows, allowing service providers to prioritize and execute tasks more effectively. We support all tasks in and around NFPA 70B and 70E's electrical maintenance and data collection requirements, as well as the MTS and ATS standards put forth by NETA, including but not limited to: Infrared Thermography, data collection for Arc Flash Hazard Analysis / Coordination Study purposes, multi-year maintenance quoting, and de-energized testing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Z Platform at none against Electrical Formulator's 1. Z Platform also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Electrical Formulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Z Platform asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Electrical Formulator against 5.0 for Z Platform. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Z Platform has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Electrical Formulator ships an update every 2 months, Z Platform every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Electrical Formulator | Z Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Historycentral.com | Egalvanic LLC |
Customer experience
Electrical Formulator
Z Platform
In-app purchases
Electrical Formulator
- Pro Features For Electrcial$1.99
Z Platform
No in-app purchases
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