Daily Utility Lab

Electricity, energy, privacy & AI cost tools

Household electricity calculators come first. Metadata and image-privacy tools form a smaller supporting collection, alongside AI tools that count prompt tokens and estimate API costs.

Electricity & energy (12)

Calculate electricity use, running costs, bills, loads, backup and savings.

Electricity & energy

Appliance Power Consumption Calculator

Estimate appliance energy use and running costs from wattage, usage and your tariff.

  • 27 appliance presets
  • Daily to yearly cost
Measure appliance use
Electricity & energy

Home Electricity Usage Calculator

Add multiple appliances to estimate household electricity use, monthly cost, and your biggest energy users.

  • Multiple appliance tracking
  • Monthly cost & kWh breakdown
Estimate home usage
Electricity & energy

AC Running Cost Calculator

Estimate air-conditioner running costs from BTU rating, efficiency, usage and electricity rate.

  • BTU + EER/SEER inputs
  • Hourly to yearly cost
Estimate AC cost
Electricity & energy

Electricity Bill Calculator

Estimate a bill from meter readings or kWh, tariff, fixed charges and tax.

  • Meter readings or kWh
  • Itemised bill breakdown
Estimate my bill
Electricity & energy

Electricity Bill Anomaly & Usage Change Checker

Compare two electricity bills to separate usage, billing-period and cost-per-unit changes without assuming a fault.

  • Two-bill like-for-like comparison
  • Daily usage and average cost per kWh
Compare my bills
Electricity & energy

Time-of-Use Electricity Cost & Appliance Scheduler

Map peak and off-peak rates, schedule appliances, and find cheaper hours to use electricity.

  • Peak and off-peak rates
  • 18 appliance presets
Schedule my appliances
Electricity & energy

Household Electrical Load Compatibility Checker

Total appliance wattage and check amperage, circuit capacity and breaker sizing.

  • 120V & 230V systems
  • 80% load rule
Check my electrical load
Electricity & energy

Battery Backup Time & Inverter Size Calculator

Estimate battery runtime or size a battery bank and inverter for household appliances.

  • Duty-cycle & surge aware
  • LiFePO4, AGM/gel & flooded
Calculate backup time
Electricity & energy

Solar Savings & Payback Calculator

Estimate solar production, electricity savings and the break-even payback period.

  • Annual production and savings
  • Payback and lifetime view
Find my payback
Electricity & energy

EV Home Charging Cost Calculator

Calculate the true cost to charge your electric car at home — per session, monthly, and annual impact on your electricity bill.

  • 20 EV battery presets
  • Level 1, 2 and 3 charging
Calculate my EV charging cost
Electricity & energy

Heat Pump vs. Gas Heating ROI Calculator

Compare heating cost per million BTUs and payback when switching from gas, propane or oil to an electric heat pump.

  • Cost per 1 MMBTU delivered
  • Annual savings and payback
Compare heating costs
Electricity & energy

Induction vs. Gas Cooking Cost Calculator

Compare what it costs to cook on induction against gas, and check the wiring the switch actually needs.

  • Cost per 1 MMBTU delivered to the pot
  • Breaker, circuit and panel feasibility screen
Compare cooking costs

Metadata & privacy (2)

Remove hidden metadata and check images for privacy risks before sharing.

Metadata & privacy

File Metadata Sanitizer

Remove hidden EXIF, GPS, camera and author metadata from files in your browser.

  • Photos, GIFs and PDFs
  • No file upload
Sanitize my files
Metadata & privacy

Screenshot Privacy Checker

Scan screenshot text for sensitive information and redact it before sharing.

  • 12 privacy categories
  • Risk classification
Check for privacy risks

AI & developer tools (2)

Count tokens in any prompt and price them across LLM APIs, from a single paste to a full monthly forecast.

AI & developer tools

AI Token & LLM API Cost Calculator

Estimate monthly LLM API costs from prompt and output tokens, and find the cheapest 2026 model for your workload.

  • 8 models priced per 1M tokens
  • Input vs output cost split
Estimate my AI cost
AI & developer tools

Paste-to-Token & Prompt Cost Counter

Paste a prompt, document or code to count characters, words and estimated tokens, and price that text as API input on GPT-6 Astra, Claude Opus 5 and Gemini 3.8 Flash.

  • Characters, words and tokens
  • Input cost for three flagship models
Count my tokens