iBend Pipe vs RIGID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBend Pipe
This app simplifies conduit bending calculations for electricians and tradespeople. It offers instant, accurate results for various bend types using English or Metric measurements, with customizable bender profiles and an integrated protractor.
- Calculates various conduit bends
- Supports English and Metric measurements
- Instant, one-screen calculations
- Accurate centerline bending radius calculations
- Includes protractor function
- Customizable bender profiles
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iBend Pipe — Bend It Right the 1st Time iBend Pipe is a professional conduit bending calculator designed to help electricians make accurate bends faster and reduce wasted material. Whether you're bending a simple offset or laying out a complex compound bend around an obstruction, iBend Pipe gives you the information you need to bend it right—the first time. CONDUIT BENDING CALCULATORS Calculate the following bends using English or Metric measurements: • Offsets — bend toward or away from an obstruction • Rolling Offsets — bend toward or away from an obstruction • Parallel Offset Adjustments • 3-Bend Saddles • 4-Bend Saddles • Segmented Bends • 90° Bends • Back-to-Back 90° Bends • Kicked 90° Bends • Compound 90° Bends around round obstructions • Compound 90° Bends around square obstructions • Compound 90° Bends around rectangular obstructions FAST, ONE-SCREEN CALCULATIONS Enter your measurements and see results update instantly. There’s no need to work through multiple screens just to get a measurement. iBend Pipe is designed to keep the calculation and results visible so you can work quickly and efficiently. Large, easy-to-read measurements make the app practical to use on the job. ACCURATE, PRACTICAL RESULTS iBend Pipe goes beyond basic bending multipliers. Centerline bending radius calculations are available for greater accuracy, and bends automatically account for shrink so you don't have to do the math yourself. Pre-position your bends, plan your layout, and get the information you need before you start bending. What's faster—bending it twice or bending it right the first time? PROTRACTOR INCLUDED Use the built-in protractor to measure your bend angle as you bend. The measured angle can be sent directly back to your calculation, helping you work faster without switching between tools. BENDER PROFILES iBend Pipe includes nearly 100 bender and conduit combinations. You can also customize or modify profiles to match the benders and conduit you use in the field. FRACTIONS, NOT JUST DECIMALS Enter measurements as fractions instead of converting everything to decimals. Get your results in practical measurements you can use on the job. BUILT FOR ELECTRICIANS iBend Pipe is for the electrician who takes pride in their work. If you're the person other electricians come to when they have a difficult bend, this app is for you. If you want less wasted conduit in the bone pile, this app is for you. If you can write your name in conduit, this app is definitely for you. From a first-year apprentice to a seasoned journeyman, iBend Pipe is designed to save time, reduce wasted material, and make difficult conduit bends easier to plan. Bend it right. The first time. Thanks for all the great reviews! If you have questions or suggestions, contact me at: support@ibendpipe.com
RIGID
This app is a professional tool for electricians and technicians, offering advanced calculations for various conduit bending scenarios. It supports multiple bend types, allows for custom bender and shoe specifications, and can share bending details via text.
- Advanced bending calculations
- Supports multiple bend types (90, offsets, saddles)
- Customizable bender and shoe specifications
- Fraction and decimal calculations
- Share bending details via text
- Accounts for gain and shrink
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RIGIDpro is an advanced bending calculator that was specifically made for helping with Mechanical, Electrical, and Hydraulic Benders. A true respectable side kick to any electrician working with conduit of any type and size. Whether you need to swiftly obtain information about the bender you’re using, or a multiplier card without scrounging through your wallet, or a calculator with the capability of working with fractions (x/16”) and decimals simultaneously, or a bender calculator that accounts for gain and shrink. Allowing you to layout multiple bends on a single conduit quickly. RIGIDpro is your answer. ----- RIGIDpro is broken into 5 different categories. Select Bender: Create, load, and delete benders of various types. Select from several different types of bender styles whether it’s a Mechanical, Electrical, or Hydraulic Bender. All Benders are programmed with the Centerline Radius and Take-Up of the shoe that are based on their factory settings found within their manuals (accuracy may vary slightly). Shoe Specs: Edit and view the information about the selected bender. With a simple click and drag you can change the Centerline Radius (this information can usually be found on the bender’s shoe) or the Take-Up of the specific shoe size being used. Quickly discover additional information about the specified bender’s shoe such as the Gain, Setback, Travel and Radius Adjustment. Mark Conduit: Have a complicated bend? Say a 25” stub, a Three Bend Saddle that needs to be centered 35” from the Back of that 90 at a 22.5 degree interval and needs to clear a 4” conduit, with another 90 66 ½” inches away from the back of the previous 90, and it needs to be cut 25” from the back of that 90. Not only that, but you don’t have the luxury of having a pony handy and you only have a table threader. No problem. The advanced bending calculator of RIGIDpro can handle anything you throw at it. With additional features that allow you to change the conduit size and type; Mark to Center, which deciphers between placing marks at the tip of the hook or the center of the bend; Measure To Center, which will align all bends to the center of conduits, ideal for running raceways with various sizes of conduit. There is the ability to go and edit specific bend measurements; if you wanted the first 25” 90 stub to be 27” without changing the distance afterwards. Also if you have a ground-man and they don’t have the app? RIGIDpro can send them a text with all of the information detailed within the message with a click of the button (make sure it’s okay with them before sending any text messages, all normal rates will apply.). Bends supported are 90 Bends, Offsets, Three Bend Saddle, Four Bend Saddle, Kick with 90 Bends, Kicks, Segmented 90 (3 – 49 shots), and Cut Conduit. With more bends to soon come these bends may be added into whatever sequence you can cleverly come up with. All marks and measurements are based on the push-trough method, from first to last and the Centerline Radius. Multiplier Card: Quickly reference the distance multipliers and shrink constants from 0.5 degree - 90 degrees. Also view the Outside, Inside, and Knock-Out Diameters from ½” – 6” conduit of all types. Calculator: Simple, yet sophisticated. It contains functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Also includes the ability to store and recall memory, squaring, and calculating the square root. The calculator gives you the ability to quickly transpose from Fraction:Decimal and Decimal:Fraction. Easily mixing formulas such as 2.61 x 3 ¼”. ----- If you have any suggestions, or notice any bugs please e-mail me RIGIDpro@outlook.com. I’ll do my best to accommodate to everyone. Hand-Benders are not supported with this app -- only Mechanical, Electrical and Hydraulic. There will be more benders make/models added in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iBend Pipe at 81% against RIGID's 23%. iBend Pipe also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). RIGID's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
iBend Pipe costs $4.99 and RIGID $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iBend Pipe holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBend Pipe has 107 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of iBend Pipe's written reviews are positive against 23% of RIGID's.
iBend Pipe ships an update fortnightly, RIGID every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | iBend Pipe | RIGID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (107 ratings) — better | 2.9 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #14 — better | #192 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francisco Alcala | Bret Hardman |
Customer experience
iBend Pipe
RIGID
Bugs and requests
iBend Pipe
Reported bugs
8 issues- Apple Watch app crashes
- Missing app icon in app library after purchase
- Segment bend calculations producing incorrect developed length
- 4-point saddle measurements (ABCD) potentially inaccurate
- Step-by-step instructions removed in recent update
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- App becomes unresponsive with certain calculations
- Bender type selection not retained between sessions
- Incompatibility with Android version features on iOS
Requested features
17 requests- Apple Watch compatibility and offset calculator
- Support for rigid conduit calculations
- Metric system measurements
- Multi-bend layout (offset + 90 + kick in one stick)
- Parallel offset calculations for different pipe sizes
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- Pipe spacing calculations for panel entry
- Gain calculations for deducts
- Conduit shrink information
- 3-point saddle with step-by-step instructions
- Support for larger pipe sizes (2", 4" etc)
- Hickey bender calculations
- Parker and Swagelok crank bender support
- Hydraulic bender support
- Front of shoe adjustment for table benders
- Ability to select bender and conduit size each time
- Simpler/faster calculation mode option
- Detailed visual descriptions and pictures for bending techniques
RIGID
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iBend Pipe
No in-app purchases
RIGID
No in-app purchases









