Comparison

Electrical Calc vs Conduit Bender Elite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Electrical Calc

This professional electrical application assists electricians and engineers with complex calculations based on the Canadian Electric Code. It offers features for wire and conduit sizing, motor and transformer load calculations, voltage drop, and more. Easily generate panel legends and access in-app support.

Highlights
  • Wire and conduit sizing
  • Motor and transformer load calculations
  • Voltage drop calculations
  • Panel legend creation and export
  • Allowable ampacity and derating
  • Box fill calculations
  • Unit conversions
Features
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E-Calc Pro is a professional electrical application for calculating many common electrical problems. This app is an essential tool for all electricians and electrical engineers. Unlike other similar apps E-Calc not only calculates simple formulas but returns code results including wire sizing, conduit sizing, fusing, overload size, ground and bond size and much more based on the Canadian Electric Code. The features of this app are too long to list but here are a few of the key ones; - Basic construction calculator allows you to easily divide rooms for lighting in imperial or metric measurements. - Calculate any single motor or multiple motor load and get maximum overcurrent, maximum overload, minimum wire, minimum pipe, and minimum bond wire size. Store a schedule of motors for easy retrieval. - Calculate any transformer size and get KVA, FLA, pipe size, fuse and breaker size, bond size and ground size, on both primary and secondary. Easily choke down the transformer and get appropriate results for the modified demand load. - Calculate feeders for wire size, conduit size and voltage drop simultaneously. - Create panel legends of any size and easily export or print them right from your device. - Calculate the allowable ampacity of any wire type and deration situation. - Calculate maximum number of similar sized wires in a given pipe size. - Calculate pipe size required for a list of any number, size, and type of wire. - Calculate required ground and bonding sizes. - Easily calculate complicated voltage drop calculations. Get results for percentage voltage drop as well as maximum lengths of runs and wire size. Derating is also supported. - Calculate minimum burial depths for any situation including special situations including mechanical protection, under slab, and rock encased. - Calculate any box fill situation in mL and cubic inch. - Calculate recommeneded torque settings for all varieties of lugs and terminations. - Convert many common units. - Find NEMA codes and specs of receptacles. - Calculate residential single dwelling service sizes. - Easily access in app support with quick links to your tablet's email.

About

Conduit Bender Elite

This app is a specialized calculator for electricians to simplify conduit bending calculations. It offers detailed diagrams and step-by-step guidance for various bend types, helping users save time and focus on installation. Users can customize settings for different conduit sizes and units of measurement.

Highlights
  • Conduit bending calculations
  • Diagrams and step-by-step help
  • Multiple bend types supported
  • Customizable deduct settings
  • Inch or centimeter preference
  • Digital level (in-app purchase)
Features
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Bend it right the first time. Conduit Bender Elite takes the trig out of offsets, saddles, and segmented 90s — enter your measurements and get exact bend marks and angles in seconds, so your time goes into the pipe, not the math. Electricians have trusted Conduit Bender Elite on the job for over a decade. Every calculator shows your mark placement, bend angles, and shrink at a glance, backed by clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions in the language of the trade. BEND CALCULATORS • Offset (Far Bend Critical) • Offset (Near Bend Critical) • Rolling Offset (Far Bend Critical) • Rolling Offset (Near Bend Critical) • Three Bend Saddle • Four Bend Saddle • 90° Stub-Up • Kicked 90° • Segmented 90° • Back-to-Back 90s • Parallel runs — keep multiple conduits tracking together through a bend • Rectangle Obstruction • Square Obstruction • Round Obstruction BUILT FOR THE JOBSITE • Enter your measurements, get your marks — results update instantly • Diagrams and step-by-step help for every calculator • Works completely offline — no signal, no ads, no subscription • Inches or centimeters, switchable in Preferences • Custom deduct / take-up settings for ½" through 4" conduit (16–103 mm) • Available in 8 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese DIGITAL LEVEL (optional in-app purchase) Bend to the beep. Open the level from any calculator and it loads your target bend angle automatically — watch the live readout on the pipe and get an audible beep the moment you hit the angle. Multi-angle bends like kicks and saddles step through each target angle with one tap. WHO IT'S FOR Journeyman and apprentice electricians, industrial maintenance techs, and anyone who bends conduit. QUESTIONS OR IDEAS? We read every message: techsupport@cyberprodigy.com. Many of this app's features started as suggestions from electricians in the field.

Screenshots

Electrical Calc4 screens
Conduit Bender Elite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Conduit Bender Elite at $8.99 against Electrical Calc's $19.99. Conduit Bender Elite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 2). Electrical Calc's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (89% vs 63%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Electrical Calc costs $19.99 and Conduit Bender Elite $8.99 up front. Conduit Bender Elite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Electrical Calc asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conduit Bender Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conduit Bender Elite has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Electrical Calc's written reviews are positive against 63% of Conduit Bender Elite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electrical Calc ships an update every 5 weeks, Conduit Bender Elite every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Electrical Calc versus Conduit Bender Elite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectrical CalcConduit Bender Elite
Price$19.99$8.99 — better
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews — better63.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#82 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnappy Appz Inc.Cyberprodigy LLC

Customer experience

Electrical Calc

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.7%

Conduit Bender Elite

All ratings1,708 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative32.6%

User reviews

Electrical Calc

From 2 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Handy and useful for electricians
  • 🚀 Saves time on the job
  • ✅ Accurate calculations
  • 💡 Constantly updated with code books
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Voltage drop calculator may be incorrect
  • 🐛 Pipe fill calculator difficult with different wire sizes
  • 🐛 Needs better tutorials
  • 🐛 Some users report mistakes/errors
  • 🐛 Not following Quebec's electrical code

Conduit Bender Elite

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for beginners
  • 🚀 Speeds up bending process
  • 💡 Helpful for teaching others
  • 👍 Accurate and time-saving
  • 👍 Instills fundamental bending skills

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Digital level not working
  • 🐛 Missing pipe size options
  • 💰 Overpriced for limited features
  • 🐛 Calculations not applicable for rigid conduit

Bugs and requests

Electrical Calc

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Voltage drop calculator does not seem correct
  • Pipe fill calculator difficult to use
  • Trouble using wire size calculations
  • Mistakes when using the app
  • App does not follow Quebec's electrical code
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  • Programming is lacking
  • Calculations are out to lunch from code book
  • Unable to use numbers with ',' for input

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add a DC voltage drop calculator
  • Include a demand load factor calculator
  • Add more electrical conversions (amps to milliamps, farads to microfarads)
  • Add an electronics section with component dictionary and resistor color code calculator
  • Update for 2015 code book
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  • Add diagrams
  • Add a help button for calculators
  • Allow users to select their province for code adherence
  • Add a tutorial for wire size calculations
  • Update for newer code books (e.g., 2025)

Conduit Bender Elite

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Digital level not functioning
  • Incorrect offset bend calculations
  • App allows invalid input values

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for multiple conduit types
  • Provide more bending options (e.g., 10-degree bends)
  • Improve bend layout and obstruction calculations
  • Allow customization of bender type

In-app purchases

None

Electrical Calc

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Conduit Bender Elite

One-time1
  • Conduit Bender Elite - Digital Level$1.99

Questions

Is Electrical Calc free?
Electrical Calc costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conduit Bender Elite free?
Conduit Bender Elite costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Electrical Calc or Conduit Bender Elite?
Conduit Bender Elite is rated higher. Electrical Calc averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Conduit Bender Elite averages 4.8 from 1.7K ratings.
Do Electrical Calc or Conduit Bender Elite have ads?
Neither Electrical Calc nor Conduit Bender Elite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Electrical Calc or Conduit Bender Elite?
Electrical Calc ships an update every 5 weeks, and Conduit Bender Elite every 4 months. Most recently, Electrical Calc was updated on October 24, 2026 and Conduit Bender Elite on November 1, 2026.

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