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As an electrician, you have a particularly dangerous and often challenging job. Many electricians today are working as independent contractors or operating small businesses. This can add a lot of business-side headaches, such as managing billing and contracts, marketing, human resource management, and more.
It can be difficult for any electrician to juggle both the skilled trade and business-related aspects — which is where the need for an efficient technician app comes in.
Fortunately, there are now a variety of useful apps that electricians can use to make the work a bit easier. According to BIA’s Local Commerce Monitor, 45.1% of small businesses use mobile apps.
Below are some of the best apps for electricians, in terms of trade and managing a small business.
Electricians and other contractors often need to handle multiple invoices and generate a large number of estimates. This can turn into quite a hassle when you’re trying to bid on and manage a substantial number of projects at once. FieldPulse’s electrician software is designed as an all-in-one solution, so it offers a lot more than just the financial side of the entire business.
FieldPulse makes managing electrical invoices, estimates, and customer information a breeze. Some of the outstanding tools include:
With integrated digital payments, collect payment on the spot or when sending a digital invoice. When tax season rolls around, you’ll also have a clear and easy to manage paper trail for you and your team members.
FieldPulse is free to try and available on both your iOS device and Android devices, with a web app for office use.
Ugly’s Electrical References has been among the top electrical reference guides for ages. Now it comes in a handy electrician service app complete with calculators and quick reference tools that make it easy to search and save the information you commonly require. And the mobile app updates with the latest reference book free so you only have to purchase it once and to stay up to date for life.
Features include:
Ugly’s Electrical References is available on both Android and Apple iOS for $12.99.
Electricians often have to make a lot of calculations and use a variety of diagnostic tools on the fly. It can be difficult keeping everything straight. A decade ago, an electrician might have had to pull out a stack of reference manuals and manuals, hunting down reference codes and digging up formulas.
These days, an electrician can simply rely on Electrodoc. This powerful app features a variety of tools that electricians will find useful. While ElectroDoc was designed for electronics applications, it is still useful for electrical contractors as well.
Features include:
This list is far from exclusive. ElectroDoc is one of the more feature-rich electrical apps out there. The app is available on both Android (free) and iOS ($3.99).
eTools Lite offers many of the same features for electrical contractors as ElectroDroid. The app is generally considered easy to use and offers a wide variety of reference materials and information. eTools Lite is packed with vital features such as a:
Currently, eTools Lite is only available only on Apple iOS products. Both a paid app and a free version are available.
What’s better than an electrician service app that allows you to make quick in-the-field calculations? A free version!
Designed for contractors of all types, Contractor Calculator is the easiest way to calculate and save important calculations while in the field. Handle on-the-go calculations like square footage, measurement conversions, and fraction math to trade specific calculations like amps to watts, drywall footage, roof footage, and wire size calculations. Once calculated, simply save them to projects to retrieve at any time. This convenience makes it one of the best free apps around.
ContractorCalculator is available for FREE on iOS and Android.
Any electrician looking for a simple, but feature-rich electrical calculator will appreciate Electrical Calculations. This app keeps it simple, sticking primarily to electrical calculations – as the name implies.
When you have complex calculations to manage in the field on your mobile device, this is one of the best electrician apps available. The software is among the more reliable and dependable with these types of apps.
Features available include:
Electrical Calculations is available on both Android and iOS. There are free and paid versions of the app.
The Electrician Handy Tool is one of those electrician service apps that just makes electrical work easier. This app includes a voltage drop calculator as well as a conduit bending calculator that will visually show the bend shapes and offer calculated marks to finish your work quickly.
Electrician Handy Tool is available free on iOS and Android.
If you just need the basics, Mobile Electrician Pro is one of the best electrician apps you could ask for. It has an easy to use format and covers all the bases for an all-in-one electrician service app.
Mobile Electrician is a free app and a paid ad-free option is available on iOS and Android for $2.99.
From engineering students to contractors, this app is your electrical engineering dictionary on-the-go. One of the best apps for all-around information and calculation– it even offers other reference materials like an electrical symbols guide.
Electrician’s Bible is available for $2.99 on Android.
When you’re looking for a straightforward electrical engineering guide, this is one of the best free apps for electricians around. It contains three sections: theory, wiring diagrams and calculators. With more than 55 articles and easy to search terms, this handbook will help with any of your electrical business.
Electricians’ Handbook is available as an Android app for free.
Whether you’re working commercial or residential, Mike Holt has a practical electrical engineering app for you. This app has an all-in-one system for sizing that covers:
Along with a toolkit of handy calculations, this has to be one of the best apps for electricians–certainly one of the best for free.
Mike Holt’s Electrical Toolbox is available free on iOS and Android.
For electrical engineers on a job site, this is a quick reference guide to circuit color charts. This is one of those must-have electrician apps because it’ll save you time and headaches when marking your wires. This handy app works for either an American or a Canadian commercial electrical contractor.
Electrical: Circuit Color is available free on Android with optional in-app purchases to use without ads.
While it has many convenient and helpful features, what sets Electrician’s Sidekick apart on this list of apps for electricians is the competitive side. The app offers challenges and the chance to test your electrical engineering skill at an annual competition.
Electrician’s Sidekick is available on iOS and on Android in the google play store for free.
This comprehensive electrician service app is incredibly useful for checking National Electric Code compliance. It contains a multitude of helpful NEC tables on your mobile phone and includes calculators such as:
A great app for electrical engineering professionals, Electrical Calc Elite is available on iOS and Android for $19.99
This bundle of electrician apps is a steal at almost half the price of the five included apps individually.
It includes:
The handy electrical formulas and visual examples make this a great iOS app collection.
The Electrical Apps bundle is available on iOS for $6.99
The Master Electrician Reference (MER) is arguably the best reference resource that an electrician can have on the job-site. Given that it’s an app, hunting down information is quick and easy. There’s no need to search through pages of irrelevant information to find what you’re looking for. Just search and go.
The Master Electrician Reference contains a wealth of formulas, pictures, charts, and other information. The app can also perform a variety of calculations for you. There are also other apps on this list that are feature-packed when it comes to calculations.
The Master Electrician Reference is available on both Android and Apple iOS for $9.99.
Pro Certs electrical software has you covered when it comes to cables. You can used this app for validation checks, print your cable calculations results and features support for MCCB’s and ACB’s, even manufacturer specific ones right on your mobile devices.
Cable Calculator is available for $4.99 on iOS and Android.
At the bottom of our list of best electrician apps is this calculator that is an asset to any electrician business. It offers an estimate of cost and consumption over a span of weeks or months based on usage per hour or day.
Energy Cost Calculator is available free on iOS and Android.
QuickBooks is a fantastic software application for any small business. The software is an easy-to-use program designed specifically for small businesses. Best of all, QuickBooks has assembled construction-industry specific software features, that make it especially useful for skilled trades and related fields. Accounting can be an especially major headache.
Large companies often hire entire accounting departments. Yet, many electricians may not have the resources to hire, and staff, an in-house accounting department. For small businesses, this isn’t always necessary. With QuickBooks, you can often manage your books quite conveniently. Features include:
QuickBooks is available on iOS, Android, and the web. Some QuickBooks features are free while others are in-app purchases.
Looking for more electrical apps? Check our full list of the best electrician calculators. When you just need the math and none of the rest, these apps for electricians will have you covered.
Being an electrician means working in skilled trades, so there’s a lot of knowledge that goes into the field. For many electricians, managing all that skill, and all the other business and technical aspects can be challenging.
Fortunately, the apps for electricians reviewed above can really help – as well as FieldPulse’s own electrician business app for estimating, scheduling, and more.
Learn more about our electrical estimating software to help grow your small business!
