QuickBend for Android, or a bending calculator you install from Chrome

Two ways to get a bending calculator on Android

Android users have two routes. The first is an app-store app. QuickBend: Conduit Bending, by Bret Hardman, is a well-rated paid app for Android and iOS, about $6.99 one-time at last check, installed from Google Play. The second is a web app, which you open in Chrome and keep on your home screen.

Neither is wrong. What differs is where the app lives, how it updates and which other devices it also runs on.

If your crew is all on Android, either route works. If some carry iPhones, or you also bend from a laptop in the shop, a browser-based app means one purchase covers everyone: $5.99 once, for any phone, tablet or computer.

What a web app feels like on your phone

• An icon on your home screen, and it opens full screen like any other app.
• No store account or download page: you open it once in the browser.
• It works with no signal after it has loaded, which matters in basements, tunnels and new builds.
• It updates itself, so there is nothing to re-download.
• Your settings, benders and saved bends stay on your phone and are never sent to us.

Install BendMate on Android

1. Open bendmate.com in Chrome while you have a connection.
2. Tap Install if Chrome offers it. If not, open the browser menu and choose Install app or Add to Home screen.
3. Open BendMate from its new icon, choose your bender and conduit size, and you are set.
4. Turn on airplane mode once and open it again to confirm it works with no signal.

Numbers and screens built for a thumb

BendMate takes measurements on a number pad that accepts 14 3/16 or 1' 2" as you would say them, rounds to the fraction you work in and switches to centimeters. Results update as you type, and each mark says how far from the end it goes, which way the hook faces and what to line up on the shoe. The level reads a bend’s angle with your phone’s tilt sensor.

QuickBend and BendMate on Android

When the Play Store app may suit you better

If you already own QuickBend and trust its marks, keep using it. If you like having every app in one store account, a native app fits that habit better, and if your crew already shares it, staying on the same app saves any confusion over small differences in how two calculators round. BendMate is independent and not affiliated with QuickBend or its maker; the name is used only to identify what people search for.