Comparison

Master Electrician Ref. Lite vs Conduit Bending

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

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About

Master Electrician Ref. Lite

This electronic pocket reference guide provides essential information for electrical professionals. It offers calculations, code tables, and detailed sections on motors, ampacities, grounding, and more, all accessible on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Motor and wiring information
  • Ampacity tables
  • Conduit fill and grounding sizes
  • Voltage drop calculations
  • Conduit bending guide
  • Integrated scientific calculator
  • NEC code tables
Features
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Master Electrician Reference Lite (or MER Lite for short) is your electronic pocket electrician reference guide. MER Lite is for electrical designers, engineers, installers, contractors, facility managers, inspectors, exam candidates, apprentices, electricians, journeymen, architects, and technicians. MER is for people doing residential, industrial, and commercial work. Simply, if you are a Master Sparky or work with electricity in any way, this reference guide is for you! Have you ever lost pages or had damaged pages in your pocket electricians reference? The solution is here: Use MER Lite to keep the most important information easily accessible on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. MER Lite will even do calculations for you; something your old pocket reference book can't do. MER Lite is divided into the following sections: * Motors and Wiring - Standard motor and motor starter sizes, tables of full-load currents, locked-rotor information, overload units, OCPD, nameplate information, synchronous motor speeds, three-phase STAR and DELTA diagrams, three-wire start-stop diagram, motor frame dimensions, and motor enclosure types. * Ampacities - Ampacities in raceway, cable, earth, and free air, and derating tables. * Conduit Fill table * Grounding Sizes - Equipment grounding conductor (EGC) and grounding electrode conductor (GEC). * Voltage Drop calculations * Conduit Bending - Includes the guide "The Master Bender Way" on how to bend conduit. See the Master Bender app or MasterBender.com website for more information. * Standard Tool List * Safety - Safety manual and first aid. Most pages contain a general scientific calculator. It is expression based: Just enter an expression and evaluate it. It understands trig and power functions, can convert between radians and degrees, and has built-in basic constants like pi and e. MER includes key NEC tables from the National Electrical Code (NEC) 2011. Visit our website at MasterSparky.com for more information. If you like MER Lite, you will love the full MER. It contains much more information. The full MER are available in versions covering the NEC 2011, 2014, and 2017 code years.

About

Conduit Bending

This app simplifies electrical conduit bending calculations with expert-designed tools. It offers advanced fractional and unit conversion capabilities, supporting a wide range of bend types for precise results. Easily switch between imperial and metric units and choose from predefined benders.

Highlights
  • Advanced fractional calculations
  • Imperial and metric unit conversion
  • Support for numerous bend types
  • Predefined bender selection
  • Expert-designed accuracy
Features
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Conduit bending calculator app designed by experts with simplicity and beauty in mind, yet fast and most accurate! Unlike all the other Apps, Conduit Bending comes with advanced built in calculator made by the Creators of Calculator+, so you can easily deal with fractions, convert between cm and inches. Conduit bending support the following bends: - Offset Basic Bend - Offset Bend with 1st Bend Critical - Offset Bend with 2nd Bend Critical - Parallel Adjustment - Rolled Basic Bend - Rolled Bend with 1st Bend Critical - Rolled Bend with 2nd Bend Critical - 3 Saddles Basic Bends - 3 Saddle Bends with Critical distance - 4 Saddle Bends with Critical distance - 90º Basic Bend - 90º Back to Back - 90º Kicked - Corner with Round Obstacle - Corner with Rectangular Obstacle - Corner with Square Obstacle You can easily switch between imperial(inches) or metric(cm) Conduit Bending comes with a large set of predefined benders to choose from. Conduit Bending is one stop solution for fast and accurate bending! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Master Electrician Ref. Lite4 screens
Conduit Bending1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Master Electrician Ref. Lite at none against Conduit Bending's 2. Master Electrician Ref. Lite also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 35%) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 624). Conduit Bending's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Conduit Bending sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Master Electrician Ref. Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Master Electrician Ref. Lite against 4.8 for Conduit Bending. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.5K and 624 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Master Electrician Ref. Lite's written reviews are positive against 35% of Conduit Bending's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Master Electrician Ref. Lite ships an update every 4 months, Conduit Bending fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Master Electrician Ref. Lite versus Conduit Bending: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaster Electrician Ref. LiteConduit Bending
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings)4.8 (624 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better34.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5K — better624
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB49 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPawEng, LLCxNeat.com

Customer experience

Master Electrician Ref. Lite

All ratings2,509 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Conduit Bending

All ratings624 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.8%

In-app purchases

None

Master Electrician Ref. Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Conduit Bending

Subscriptions2
  • Conduit Bending3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Conduit Bending7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Master Electrician Ref. Lite free?
Master Electrician Ref. Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conduit Bending free?
Conduit Bending is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Master Electrician Ref. Lite or Conduit Bending?
Conduit Bending is rated higher. Master Electrician Ref. Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Conduit Bending averages 4.8 from 624 ratings.
Do Master Electrician Ref. Lite or Conduit Bending have ads?
Neither Master Electrician Ref. Lite nor Conduit Bending shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Master Electrician Ref. Lite or Conduit Bending?
Master Electrician Ref. Lite ships an update every 4 months, and Conduit Bending fortnightly. Most recently, Master Electrician Ref. Lite was updated on October 16, 2026 and Conduit Bending on October 16, 2026.

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