Electrician's Helper vs Conduit Bending
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Electrician's Helper
This app simplifies electrical work by providing quick access to electrical codes and performing complex calculations for installations. It helps electricians find conductor ampacity, calculate voltage drop, determine box fill, and size raceways, among many other essential functions.
- 3 phase delta and wye circuit calculations
- Conductor ampacity lookup (NEC/CEC)
- Voltage drop calculation
- Box fill calculation
- Raceway fill and sizing
- Motor calculations
- Transformer calculations
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Electrician’s Helper will take the hassle out of looking up electrical codes and doing complex calculations for installations. With Electrician’s Helper you can... ● Calculate voltage, current and power in 3 phase delta and wye circuits. ● Find the ampacity of a conductor as per the NEC and CEC tables. ● Calculate the voltage drop in a line based on length, size, current and temperature. ● Find the total box fill by entering the size and number of conductors, straps and clamps. ● Find the maximum number of conductors allowed in a particular size raceway based on NEC and CEC rules. ● Determine what size raceway is needed for a bundle of conductors. ● Find the maximum bend radius of a conduit. ● Find the maximum capacitor kvar for a motor and the current reduction obtained. ● Find the motor current, heater current, breaker required, wire size, starter and conduit size for a particular 3 phase motor. ● Find the full load current of an induction, squirrel cage, and synchronous motor. ● Find the locked rotor current of a single or 3 phase motor. ● Estimate the Maximum Pull Tension. ● Calculate voltage, current and kVA of single and three phase transformers. ● Do basic ohm’s law calculations. ● Find decimal equivalents of fractions. ● Convert temperature scales. ● Look up connector configurations. ● Look up NEC tables 315.60(C)(1-20) Tested with iOS 16.6 thru iOS 26.3 Please note that this is a calculator for codes used in the NEC and CEC. It is not a replacement for the code books.
Conduit Bending
This app calculates complex conduit bends for electricians, eliminating the need for charts or manual calculations. It supports over 30 bender types and various conduit sizes, offering both imperial and metric units for precise measurements on the job.
- 17 distinct bend calculators
- Support for over 30 bender types
- Imperial and metric unit switching
- Calculations for offsets and saddles
- 90° bends and corner calculations
- Handles fractions and unit conversions
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Conduit Bending is a conduit bending calculator for electricians: 17 bend calculators for offsets, rolling offsets, 3-point and 4-point saddles, 90° bends and corners, with your bender's numbers built in. Pick your bender, enter the measurements, and get the marks for the bend. No bending chart, no working it out on the back of a box. Switch between imperial (inches) and metric (cm) at any time. OFFSET BENDS • Offset: Basic • Offset: 1st Bend Critical • Offset: 2nd Bend Critical • Offset: Parallel Adjustment for parallel runs ROLLING OFFSET CALCULATOR • Rolled Offset: Basic • Rolled Offset: 1st Bend Critical • Rolled Offset: 2nd Bend Critical SADDLE BENDS • 3-Point Saddle: Basic and Critical distance • 4-Point Saddle: Basic and Critical distance 90° BENDS • 90°: Basic • Back to Back 90° • Kicked 90° CORNERS • Corner around a square obstacle • Corner around a rectangular obstacle • Corner around a round obstacle BENDERS AND UNITS • Choose from more than 30 predefined hand, Chicago, electric and hydraulic benders • EMT, IMC, rigid (RMC) and PVC conduit, from 1/2" to 5" • Work in inches or centimeters • A built-in calculator that handles fractions and converts between cm and inches, from the makers of Calculator+ Whether you bend conduit every day or are learning how to bend conduit, Conduit Bending puts every bend in one pipe bending calculator on your iPhone. Conduit Bending is free to use with ads. A subscription removes the ads. Also from xNeat: Construction Calculator and Pipe Fitting. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Conduit Bending at Free against Electrician's Helper's $12.99. Conduit Bending also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Electrician's Helper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (48% vs 33%). On 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
Conduit Bending is free to download; Electrician's Helper costs $12.99 up front. Conduit Bending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Electrician's Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Conduit Bending holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conduit Bending has 669 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Electrician's Helper's written reviews are positive against 33% of Conduit Bending's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Electrician's Helper ships an update every 3 months, Conduit Bending every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Electrician's Helper | Conduit Bending |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (669 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 669 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Virgillo | xNeat.com |
Customer experience
Electrician's Helper
Conduit Bending
Bugs and requests
Electrician's Helper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Conduit Bending
Reported bugs
9 issues- App pops up premium purchase prompt even after deletion
- Forced to watch ads to change measurement
- App closes out after watching ad
- Free version doesn't work at all
- App is unusable after last update
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- Requires multiple app downloads and subscription
- Inaccurate calculation for rolled bends
- Last line in bender selection screen is hard to read
- Doesn't take gain into account
Requested features
4 requests- Fix calculation for rolled bends
- Add French language option
- Improve readability of bender selection screen
- Account for gain in calculations
In-app purchases
Electrician's Helper
No in-app purchases
Conduit Bending
- Conduit Bending3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Conduit Bending7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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