Comparison

Electrical Calculator vs Electrical Calc Elite

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

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About

Electrical Calculator

This app provides over 65 essential electrical calculation tools and formulas for engineers, students, and professionals. It supports both USCS and SI units and includes features like resistor color code conversion and upgraded voltage drop calculations aligned with industry standards.

Highlights
  • Over 65 electrical calculation tools
  • Resistor color code calculators
  • Upgraded voltage drop calculations
  • Wire size calculations
  • Series/parallel circuit calculations
  • Energy cost calculator
  • Unit conversions
Features
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Electrical Calculator is your all-in-one app for fast, accurate, and essential electrical calculations. Packed with 60+ powerful tools, it's designed for electricians, electrical & electronics engineers, and students. Every calculator includes built-in formulas and supports both USCS and SI units. What's New: • Category filters — find any calculator in seconds with purpose-based groups: Ohm's Law, Wiring & NEC, Power & Phase, Motors, Transformers and more • Refreshed design with a cleaner look Core Calculators: • Voltage, Current, Resistance & Power (Ohm's Law) • kVA to Amps / Amps to kVA (Single & Three Phase) Electrical System Calculators: • Voltage Drop Calculator (per NEC/IEEE standards) • Wire Size Calculations (AWG & mm²) • Power, Current & Horsepower (DC, Single & Three Phase) • Efficiency & Power Factor Calculators • Neutral Current (3-Phase Unbalanced Loads) Transformers & Generators: • Transformer Current, Voltage & Resistance Imbalance • DC Generator Reactance & Impedance: • Inductive & Capacitive Reactance • Resonant Frequency • Characteristic Impedance (Parallel & Coaxial) • Impedance Calculators (R-L-C combinations) Series / Parallel Calculations: • Resistance, Inductance & Capacitance (Series & Parallel) • Unknown Resistance & Capacitance (Series & Parallel) Components: • Resistor Color Code — resistance to color bands and back • Inductor & Capacitor Sizing Formulas Lighting & Energy Tools: • Luminous Intensity, Luminous Flux & Solid Angle • Energy Cost Calculator • Energy Stored in Resistors, Inductors & Capacitors Conversions: • Star ↔ Delta Conversion • Field Strength & Electrical Potential • Resistance, Resistivity, Conductance & Conductivity • Capacitance, Inductance & Charge Density Converters • Power Converter Key Features: • Category filters for fast navigation • Flexible unit selection for inputs and outputs • Full iPad support with split view • Dark Mode and 12 languages • Clean interface for the field, the shop, and the classroom

About

Electrical Calc Elite

This app serves as a comprehensive NEC code calculator for electrical professionals. It helps electricians, contractors, and inspectors quickly and accurately solve common electrical calculations based on National Electric Codes, with support for multiple code versions and in-app purchases for updates.

Highlights
  • NEC Code Calculations
  • Wire Sizing
  • Voltage Drop
  • Conduit Sizing
  • Ohm's Law
  • Motor Calculations
  • Fuse and Breaker Sizing
Features
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Electrical Calc Elite™ is the electrician's code calculator that follows the NEC® edition your inspector enforces. Size wire, check voltage drop, fill conduit and size motor circuits — offline, in seconds. Answers that come from a code table print which one. One purchase, no subscription. Ten editions of the National Electrical Code® are built in — NEC® 2026*, 2023, 2020, 2017, 2014, 2011, 2008, 2005, 2002 and 1999 — and every table, correction factor and code reference follows the one you select. BUILT FOR Electricians, contractors, estimators, engineers, maintenance techs, inspectors, apprentices studying for the exam, and homeowners checking their work. WIRE SIZE AND AMPACITY • Required wire size in AWG or kcmil from amps: copper or aluminum, single-phase or three-phase, 60/75/90°C insulation, at 100% or 125% • Ampacity in raceway or free air, from the NEC® ampacity tables (310.16 and 310.17, or the earlier equivalents) • Ambient temperature correction above or below 30°C, in °C or °F • Adjustment for more than three current-carrying conductors in a raceway • Parallel and derated conductor sizing • Circular mils and kcmil for any wire size VOLTAGE DROP • Volts and percent dropped from one-way length, amps, phase and wire size, with Chapter 9 Table 8 resistance corrected to 60, 75 or 90°C • Wire size for a long run, flagged VD WIRE SIZE when the drop, not the ampacity table, set it • Longest one-way run a wire size will carry inside your limit: 3% by default, or any limit you set • 1- or 3-phase, copper or aluminum, feet or meters; wire resistance per 1000 ft on its own key CONDUIT SIZING AND FILL • 12 conduit types: EMT, ENT, FMC, IMC, LFNA, LFNB, LFMC, RMC, PVC schedule 40 and 80, Type A and Type EB • Trade size for a mix of THW/THHW, XHH/XHHW or THHN/THWN conductors • Fill percentage, cross-sectional area and area remaining, from the Chapter 9 tables, with the correct 1-, 2- and over-2-wire fill limits • Maximum conductors of a given size a conduit will take MOTORS • Full-load current for 1-phase, 3-phase, synchronous and DC motors, from NEC® Tables 430.247, 430.248 and 430.250 • Horsepower from amps, and full-load amps from horsepower • Maximum fuse and breaker size from Table 430.52 (430.52(C)(1) in 2023 and 2026) — single-element or dual-element fuse, inverse-time or instantaneous-trip breaker, across seven motor types • Motor overload protection per 430.32(A)(1) • NEMA starter size, per NEMA ICS 2 GROUNDING • Equipment grounding conductor size, per 250.122 • Grounding electrode conductor size, per 250.66 POWER, MATH AND CONVERSIONS • Convert between amps, watts, volts, VA, kVA, kW, power factor %, efficiency % and DC resistance • Ohm's Law: enter any two of ohms, volts or amps to get the third • Kirchhoff's Law • Parallel resistance • BTU ↔ kilowatt-hours • Doubles as a standard calculator, with Store and Recall memory keys CODE REFERENCES YOU CAN CHECK Wire size, fuse, breaker, overload and grounding answers print the table or section they came from, numbered as your selected edition numbers it. Fuse and breaker cards show the percentage of full-load current used and the current it was applied to. HELP BUILT IN Hold any function key to open the manual at that key's own section. A Help key opens it from the front, with worked keystroke examples. A Getting Started guide and the full manual are included. WORKS OFFLINE Every calculation runs on the device. No account, no sign-in, no ads, and no waiting on a signal in a basement or a mechanical room. SUPPORT Free technical support techsupport@cyberprodigy.com — https://www.cyberprodigy.com/contact.html Manual: https://www.cyberprodigy.com/electricalcalcelite/ *NEC® 2026 code data is a one-time in-app purchase. The other nine editions are included. Electrical Calc Elite™ is not associated with ElectriCalc® Pro and Cyberprodigy LLC is not affiliated with Calculated Industries, Inc.

Screenshots

Electrical Calculator4 screens
Electrical Calc Elite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Electrical Calculator at $3.99 against Electrical Calc Elite's $19.99. Electrical Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (462 vs 126). Electrical Calc Elite's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 53%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On update cadence, 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 Calculator costs $3.99 and Electrical Calc Elite $19.99 up front. Electrical Calc Elite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Electrical Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Electrical Calc Elite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 462 and 126 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Electrical Calculator's written reviews are positive against 71% of Electrical Calc Elite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electrical Calculator ships an update every 4 months, Electrical Calc Elite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Electrical Calculator versus Electrical Calc Elite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectrical CalculatorElectrical Calc Elite
Price$3.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (462 ratings)4.8 (126 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings462 — better126
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperV PUGAZHENTHICyberprodigy LLC

Customer experience

Electrical Calculator

All ratings462 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative33.3%

Electrical Calc Elite

All ratings126 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative17.9%

Bugs and requests

Electrical Calculator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Annoying popup for app update
  • Converter not working
  • App not working on older iPhone models

Requested features

2 requests
  • Include impedance calculators
  • Improve metric region compatibility for AWG cables

Electrical Calc Elite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Electrical Calculator

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Electrical Calc Elite

One-time3
  • NEC 2020 Code Additions$4.99
  • NEC 2023 Code Additions$4.99
  • NEC 2026 Code Additions$5.99

Questions

Is Electrical Calculator free?
Electrical Calculator costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Electrical Calc Elite free?
Electrical Calc Elite costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Electrical Calculator or Electrical Calc Elite?
Electrical Calc Elite is rated higher. Electrical Calculator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 462 ratings, while Electrical Calc Elite averages 4.8 from 126 ratings.
Do Electrical Calculator or Electrical Calc Elite have ads?
Neither Electrical Calculator nor Electrical Calc Elite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Electrical Calculator or Electrical Calc Elite?
Electrical Calculator ships an update every 4 months, and Electrical Calc Elite every 3 months. Most recently, Electrical Calculator was updated on September 18, 2026 and Electrical Calc Elite on September 21, 2026.

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