Calorie Counter

Count Calories From a Photo. Free 3/Day.

Send @vustCalBot a photo of your plate and get a calorie estimate back in seconds — dish name, kcal, the portion it assumed, and a confidence line. Free 3 counts a day, then 1✦ each; photos of anything that isn't food never cost you a thing.

Free 3/day · 1✦ after · not-food never chargedAI estimate, not medical or dietary advice
Count calories from a photo
Photo in, kcal estimate outFree 3 scans/day1✦ per scan after that

Honest scope

A number to act on, not a lab result

Every count — welcome message and every scan — carries the same line: this is an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice. It's built to catch the big misses (400 vs 900 kcal), not to replace a food scale or a nutritionist. Sauces, hidden oil and portion guesses are the honest sources of error.

Photos are never stored — only the compact numeric result is kept.

See the difference

One photo, one calorie estimate — free 3 times a day.

The one question a calorie counter needs to answer

The question

"How many calories is this?" — asked about a restaurant plate with no menu listing, no nutrition label, no way to weigh it before eating.

What @vustCalBot returns

Send the photo — back comes a dish name and an estimated kcal count, plus the portion size it assumed and a confidence line so you know how much to trust the number. Every result repeats the same honest line: an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice.

A worked scan

The photo

A slice of pepperoni pizza on a paper plate, photographed at a normal angle under kitchen lighting.

The estimate

"Pepperoni pizza, one slice — approx. 310 kcal, assuming a standard 1/8 large-pizza portion. Confidence: medium — cheese thickness is the main unknown." No manual search through a food database, no barcode to scan.

Counting for free, every day

3 counts a day, no charge

The free tier resets at UTC midnight — 3 real counts every day, indefinitely, not a one-time trial.

Past 3/day

Each additional count is 1✦ (topped up via Telegram Stars). A photo of something that isn't food is never charged, on either tier.

02·Practical use cases

Who reaches for a photo-based calorie counter

Restaurant plates with no label

No menu nutrition info, no way to weigh the food before eating

A photo answers the question in seconds — dish, kcal, portion assumption, confidence line.

Free-tier counters

Wanting an AI calorie count without a subscription

3 free counts every day, forever — not-food photos are never charged either.

Fast daily checks

A quick sanity check on whether a meal is 400 or 900 kcal

One photo, one answer — no manual database search.

03·How it works

How a calorie count works

01Send a food photo

In Telegram, to @vustCalBot — no app, no account setup.

02Get a kcal estimate back

Dish name, calories, portion assumption, confidence line — an AI estimate, not medical or dietary advice.

03Free 3/day, then 1✦

Not-food photos are never charged, on either tier.

04·Same tool · in Telegram

Telegram

Count calories from a photo

@vustCalBot · Open @vustCalBot, send a food photo, get a kcal estimate back in seconds. 3 counts a day, free.

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05·Quality & trust

Honest scope — estimate, not diagnosis

AI estimate only

Every count carries the same disclaimer: an AI estimate from a photo, not medical or dietary advice.

Photos aren't stored

Only the compact numeric result is kept — no photo gallery, no long-term image storage.

Not-food never charged

A photo that isn't food costs nothing on either tier.

Frequently asked questions

More ways to use VUST Cal

Cal hub

The full feature tour: macros, /today totals, honesty framing.

Macro tracker

Protein/fat/carb grams plus daily totals from the same photos.

Cal AI comparison

Their photo-scan is paywalled; ours is the free tier.

Ready when you are

Count calories from a photo. Free 3/day.

No subscription, no app install — send a photo, get a calorie estimate back. Not-food photos are never charged.

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