Comparison

Electrical Code vs Conduit Bending

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

Head to head
About

Electrical Code

Test your electrical knowledge daily with a new question based on the US electrical code. Perfect for apprentices, journeymen, and masters seeking to learn or refresh their understanding of electrical concepts and regulations.

Highlights
  • Daily electrical code questions
  • Questions written by a real electrician
  • Covers a wide range of electrical topics
  • Suitable for learning and refreshers
  • US electrical code compliance
Features
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Can you beat the Master? See how many of the 366 questions you can answer correctly! Electrical Code-A-Day has an electrical code question for each day in the year. Take a minute a day to answer a question, or answer as many as you can in one go. How you do it is up to you! This quiz app contains basic electrician questions written by a real electrician. This app is for apprentices, journeymen, and masters. Whether you are learning the code or just need a refresher, this is the app for you. The topics we cover are: ampacity, junction/pull/device boxes, wiring methods, conduit fill, devices, NEMA, electrical safety, lighting, disconnects, panelboards, motor data, electrician terms, derating, box fill, construction support distances, voltage drop, distribution wiring, grounding and bonding, ARC flash, torque, conduit bending, connectors/lugs, hazardous locations, wet/dry/damp locations, trade practices, EMT, Rigid, wiring cables MC/AC/Flex, wire types/insulation, NEC books and lookup, AHJ/adoptive states, electrical part identification, electrical symbols, electrician tools, copper costs, and much, much more. This app follows the electrical code in the United States.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

Screenshots

Electrical Code4 screens
Conduit Bending4 screens

Verdict

The call

Electrical Code and Conduit Bending both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Electrical Code's written reviews are positive against 33% of Conduit Bending's. Electrical Code also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 664). Conduit Bending's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days 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. Electrical Code asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Electrical Code against 4.8 for Conduit Bending. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Electrical Code has 9.3K ratings behind it against 664, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Electrical Code's written reviews are positive against 33% of Conduit Bending's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Electrical Code ships an update every 4 months, Conduit Bending every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Electrical Code versus Conduit Bending: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElectrical CodeConduit Bending
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.3K ratings) — better4.8 (664 ratings)
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings9.3K — better664
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPawEng, LLCxNeat.com

Customer experience

Electrical Code

All ratings9,246 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral15.3%
Negative13.9%

Conduit Bending

All ratings660 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

User reviews

Electrical Code

From 9.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for studying electrical content
  • 🚀 Convenient app for refreshing knowledge
  • 💡 Great tool for sharpening knowledge and testing
  • 👍 Awesome for narrowing down NEC questions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lacks explanations for wrong answers
  • 🐛 Some answers may be incorrect or unclear
  • 🐛 Mediocre grammar and proofreading
  • 🐛 Cannot toggle back and forth through questions

Conduit Bending

From 664 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Saves time
  • 🎯 Accurate measurements
  • 🧹 Clean layout
  • 🛠️ Works great on the job

Room to improve

  • 💸 Frequent premium version prompts
  • 🚫 Forced ads
  • 😠 Greedy with ads
  • ❌ Unusable after update
  • 😵 Long ads before use

Bugs and requests

Electrical Code

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Some questions and answers are not up to date
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Provide NEC references and explanations for answers
  • Add a feature to review past questions
  • Improve question quality and proofreading

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
Show 4 more
  • 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

None

Electrical Code

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 Electrical Code free?
Electrical Code 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, Electrical Code or Conduit Bending?
Electrical Code is rated higher. Electrical Code averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.3K ratings, while Conduit Bending averages 4.8 from 664 ratings.
Do Electrical Code or Conduit Bending have ads?
Neither Electrical Code nor Conduit Bending shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Electrical Code or Conduit Bending?
Electrical Code ships an update every 4 months, and Conduit Bending every 10 days. Most recently, Electrical Code was updated on November 1, 2026 and Conduit Bending on November 2, 2026.

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