A conduit bending app for iPhone and iPad, from Safari

Why a web app on iPhone

BendMate is a web app, so the same app runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and computers, and it updates itself. Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app. There is no download page, no store account to find, and no waiting for a new version.

Add BendMate to your Home Screen

1. Open bendmate.com in Safari while you have a connection.
2. Tap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up.
3. Scroll the sheet and tap Add to Home Screen, then tap Add.
4. Open BendMate from its new icon. It opens full screen.
5. If your iPhone asks for access to motion, allow it so the level can read a bend’s angle.

Working on the job

• Pick your bender and shoe once, then every bend starts from its radius and deduct.
• Type measurements the way you say them: 14 3/16 or 1' 2".
• Lay several bends on one stick and get the cut length.
• Use the level to read the angle of a finished bend.
• Everything works with no signal once it has loaded.
• Share a link to the same bend, or print a cut sheet.

iPad, and keeping your work safe

The same steps work on an iPad, where the larger screen shows more of the bend drawing at once. Your settings, benders and saved bends are kept on the device and never sent to us, so save a backup file from Settings if you add your own benders or want to move to a new phone.

App Store app or home-screen web app

When an App Store app may suit you better

If you want an app that lives in the App Store, with your purchase tied to your store account, QuickBend: Conduit Bending, by Bret Hardman, is a long-established paid app for iPhone and iPad with a large bender library. If you already own it and like it, keep using it. BendMate is independent and not affiliated with QuickBend or its maker; the name only identifies what people search for.