Daily Captain vs Motivational Quotes: Widget
Checked 26 Sep 2026. Prices and features change; tell us if something is out of date: hello@dailycaptain.app.
Motivational Quotes: Widget is built to put a quote on your screen. Daily Captain puts the words of people you follow on your screen, and a goal sheet behind them.
Daily Captain does one thing Motivational Quotes: Widget cannot: the words of people you follow come first, before a curated list of 365 lines, and you can add your own. Submit up to 3 a day, the founder approves each one by hand, and the quote sits on top of a full goal sheet: a morning list, a midday check, an honest count at night, and one buddy who sees your week. 7 free days, then $9.99 a month, no free tier.
If a quote on your lock screen is the whole job, Motivational Quotes: Widget names ten categories, though its own listing gives two different prices for the same plans and its review feed had nothing to read on 26 Sep 2026. If you want the words of people you follow on your screen instead of a library, and a goal sheet behind them, this is that.
| Feature | Motivational Quotes: Widget | Daily Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Putting a random quote on the iPhone lock screen, from ten named categories such as Philosophy, Wisdom and Spirituality. | Deciding what today is for, and being honest about it at night. |
| Where the quotes come from | Ten named categories: Philosophy, Inspirational, Motivation, Life sessions, Love, Wisdom, Success, Happiness, Time and Spirituality. | Friends you follow first, then a curated list of 365 quotes. |
| Follow people | None named. "Save your favourite quotes" is the only personalization feature named in the listing. | Follow anyone, one way. Free with any account. |
| Your own quotes | None named in the listing. | Submit up to 3 a day. The founder reads and approves each one by hand before it reaches anyone who follows you. |
| Widget on iOS | Lock screen only: "Get random quotes on Lock Screen." Home screen, StandBy, named sizes and a refresh interval are not printed in the listing. | iOS 17 and later: small, medium, and a lock screen rectangular widget. |
| Widget on Android | Not printed in the listing. | Android home screen only, 2x2 and 4x2 sizes. |
| Lock screen | The one surface the listing names: "Get random quotes on Lock Screen." | iPhone: yes, the lock screen rectangular widget. Android: no lock screen widget, home screen only. |
| How often it changes | Not printed in the listing. | Once a day, at local midnight. The widget holds a 14 day schedule so it keeps turning over with the app closed. |
| Customisation | Not printed in the listing beyond saving favourite quotes. | Five themes. No fonts or backgrounds to choose. |
| Ads | None named. "We don’t have any advertise in this app so you" (can focus on your goals). | None. |
| Price | The App Store’s in-app purchase list on 26 Sep 2026 showed two rows, "Motivational quotes for me" at $9.99 and "Motivation widget" at $4.99. The listing’s own Subscription Policy section states different terms instead: "Monthly Subscription : $9.99 / month with 3 day trial" and "Weekly Subscription: $4.99/week which comes with no trial," neither of which matches the two in-app purchase row names exactly. | 7 days free, then $9.99 a month. One plan, everything included. |
| Free tier or trial | Free to download. The listing’s own Subscription Policy names a 3 day trial on the monthly plan and no trial on the weekly plan, terms that do not match its own in-app purchase list. | No free tier. 7 days free, then one plan; the widget needs an active plan to keep updating. |
| What else you get | The ten categories and saved favourites. Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 282 ratings (iTunes lookup feed), on a listing not meaningfully updated since 17 Mar 2025. | The daily goal sheet, the week and year views, three reminders a day and one buddy who sees your week. |
| Support | Not printed in the listing. | A person answers at hello@dailycaptain.app: email support from the founder. |
Ten categories, or the people you follow
Motivational Quotes: Widget draws from ten named categories, from Philosophy and Wisdom to Time and Spirituality, and lets a user save a favourite; the listing names no way to add a quote of their own and no way to follow another person. Daily Captain works the other way: a daily quote comes from the people you follow first, round robin, before anything from the shared list, attributed by first name and linked to that person’s page.
The moderation is human, not automatic: submit up to 3 quotes a day, the founder reads and approves each one, and an approved quote joins both the shared list and the rotation of everyone who follows you. Motivational Quotes: Widget names no way for a user to add or share a quote of their own.
One listing, two different prices
Motivational Quotes: Widget’s own App Store in-app purchase list, read 26 Sep 2026, shows "Motivational quotes for me" at $9.99 and "Motivation widget" at $4.99. The same listing’s Subscription Policy section describes a $9.99 monthly plan with a 3 day trial and a $4.99 a week plan with no trial instead, so its own two first-party price statements do not agree with each other. Theirs buys a lock screen quote. For $9.99 a month after 7 free days, Daily Captain buys the morning sheet, the midday check, the honest evening count, yearly goals, three reminders a day, one buddy who sees your week, and the widget itself. There is no free tier and no shop, and the widget needs an active plan to keep turning over.
Lock screen only, one thing to see
Motivational Quotes: Widget’s own listing names one surface, the lock screen; home screen, StandBy and any refresh interval are not printed anywhere in the description, and the app itself has gone without a real update since March 2025 beyond an Apple-forced compatibility pass. Daily Captain has five themes and no fonts or backgrounds to pick, because the point of the widget is the person who wrote the quote, not the frame around it.
What people who leave Motivational Quotes: Widget say, and what we did about it
On 26 Sep 2026, Motivational Quotes: Widget’s own App Store review feed returned no reviews at all, despite 282 total ratings recorded on the same listing. There is nothing here to read or paraphrase for this app specifically, so the three themes below are the ones that came up most across this whole category of quote widget apps, not from this app’s own reviews.
- Across quote widget apps, not this one specifically: a free trial charges without clear warning, and refunds get refused.
- What we did: The trial length and the price are on the home page before you sign in, an email goes out before the trial ends, and a person answers every message. Shared complaint in shape: we also charge automatically once the 7 free days end.
- Across quote widget apps, not this one specifically: basics like themes, backgrounds, dark mode or an app icon sit behind a paywall.
- What we did: Nothing in Daily Captain is behind a second wall once the free days end: one price, everything included. Shared plainly: there is no permanently free tier, only a free trial period.
- Across quote widget apps, not this one specifically: bugs break the one mechanic people rely on, such as a lock screen widget going blank or a streak resetting.
- What we did: Daily Captain’s widget changes once a day at local midnight, and it holds a 14 day schedule so it keeps turning over with the app closed. Shared honestly: our widget is new, and we do not have years of bug history behind it the way an old app’s track record might.
Pricing
Motivational Quotes: Widget
Motivational Quotes: Widget is free to download, with no Google Play listing and no first-party pricing page found. Its App Store in-app purchase list, read 26 Sep 2026, shows two rows: "Motivational quotes for me" at $9.99 and "Motivation widget" at $4.99. The same listing’s own Subscription Policy section states different terms instead, a $9.99 monthly plan with a 3 day trial and a $4.99 a week plan with no trial, neither of which matches the in-app purchase row names or prices exactly, an inconsistency in the app’s own first-party text.
Daily Captain
Every account starts with 7 free days. After that it is $9.99 a month, one flat price with nothing behind a second wall: the buddy, the yearly goals, the reminders and the apps are all in it. Plus tax where it applies, shown before you pay. Cancel any time and your writing stays readable.
There is no free plan. If you want the method for free, the paper version, the Daily Goal Sheet PDF, is at heegstra.io/goal-sheet.
Sources: Motivational Quotes: Widget on the App Store (in-app purchases), Daily Captain pricing, on the home page
When to choose Motivational Quotes: Widget
- You want a lock screen quote from one of ten named categories such as Philosophy, Wisdom or Spirituality.
- You want an app that names itself ad-free, not just ad-light.
- You do not need a home screen widget, StandBy, or named widget sizes, just the lock screen.
- Ten categories are plenty for you; you do not need thousands of quotes.
When to choose Daily Captain
- You want the words of people you follow on your screen, not a library.
- You want to write your own quotes and have them reach the people who follow you.
- You want the quote to sit on top of a goal sheet: a morning list, a midday check, an honest count at night.
- You want one price with no shop and no free tier to be tempted by.
Trying it
Nothing to import and nothing to set up. Sign in, write what today is for, and tonight write tomorrow’s first goal. If it is not for you after 7 days, nothing has happened to your card and you have lost about a minute a day.
Questions
Is Daily Captain cheaper than Motivational Quotes: Widget?
Motivational Quotes: Widget’s App Store in-app purchase list shows $9.99 and $4.99 rows, but its own Subscription Policy describes a $9.99 monthly plan with a 3 day trial and a $4.99 a week plan with no trial instead, two price statements that do not agree with each other. Daily Captain is one plan, $9.99 a month after 7 free days, stated once.
How does following someone put their quote on my screen?
Follow them from their page. Once one of their quotes is approved, it joins your rotation: it can be your daily quote and it can show in your widget, attributed to them by first name and linked back to their page.
Can I submit my own quotes?
Yes, up to 3 a day. The founder reads and approves each one by hand; once approved, it can reach everyone who follows you and joins the shared list.
Which phones does the widget work on?
iOS 17 and later, in small, medium and lock screen rectangular sizes. On Android, a home screen widget in 2x2 and 4x2 sizes, no lock screen widget. There is no web or desktop widget.
Do I need to pay to use the widget?
Yes. The widget needs an active plan to keep updating; there is no free tier. If a plan lapses, the widget stops turning over, but your sheet and your writing stay yours.
Is there a free version of Daily Captain?
No. There are 7 free days, then one flat price of $9.99 a month. The free paper version of the same method, the Daily Goal Sheet PDF, is at heegstra.io/goal-sheet.
Why does someone else see my week?
Because being seen works, the way people work harder in a library than alone at home. One person who knows what you set out to do is enough. They see exactly what you wrote, and only when you send it.
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