Daily Captain vs Quote widget+
Checked 26 Sep 2026. Prices and features change; tell us if something is out of date: hello@dailycaptain.app.
Quote 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 Quote 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 as a lock screen and home screen widget is the whole job, Quote widget+ names topic collections and authors from Buddha to Churchill, though its own description and its own in-app purchase list do not agree on the price, and its App Store rating comes from only 168 ratings. 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 | Quote widget+ | Daily Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Putting a quote on a lock screen and home screen widget, drawn from named topic collections and authors such as Gandhi, Confucius and the Dalai Lama. | Deciding what today is for, and being honest about it at night. |
| Where the quotes come from | Topic collections such as Buddha quotes, the Holy Bible and Steve Jobs quotes, plus lines from named authors: Mahatma Gandhi, Confucius, Churchill, Martin Luther King and the Dalai Lama. | Friends you follow first, then a curated list of 365 quotes. |
| Follow people | None. "Follow topic collections" means following a quote category, not a person. One review flags the confusion directly: "No way to keep track of people you followed, no" (way to unfollow), though the listing itself never describes a person to person feature. | Follow anyone, one way. Free with any account. |
| Your own quotes | None named. The listing’s only "follow" feature is following a topic collection, not writing or sharing a quote of your own. | 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 and home screen widgets, described as offering complete customization, plus a recent release note claiming "Support for iOS 18+ Widgets." Named sizes and StandBy 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 | Named as a feature, "provides lock screen and home screen widgets with a" complete customization option, but a size or placement is not itemised. | iPhone: yes, the lock screen rectangular widget. Android: no lock screen widget, home screen only. |
| How often it changes | "Automatically update quotes on given time interval," but the interval itself is not stated. | Once a day, at local midnight. The widget holds a 14 day schedule so it keeps turning over with the app closed. |
| Customisation | Described as offering complete customization for the widgets, but specific options beyond that are not itemised in the listing. | Five themes. No fonts or backgrounds to choose. |
| Ads | Not printed in the listing. | None. |
| Price | The App Store’s in-app purchase list on 26 Sep 2026 showed six rows: a $2.99 weekly subscription, $3.99 monthly, $12.99 annual, $24.99 yearly, a $17.99 lifetime purchase, and a $4.99 premium upgrade. The app’s own description states different, lower headline prices instead: "Current subscriptions start at $7.99 a year or $3.99/month." The two first-party price statements on the same listing do not match. | 7 days free, then $9.99 a month. One plan, everything included. |
| Free tier or trial | Free to download. Trial length and free tier scope beyond that are not printed in the listing. | No free tier. 7 days free, then one plan; the widget needs an active plan to keep updating. |
| What else you get | Named topic collections and named authors. Rated 4.4 out of 5 from 168 ratings (iTunes lookup feed), on a listing last updated 19 Feb 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. |
Topic collections, or the people you follow
Quote widget+’s quotes come from topic collections such as Buddha quotes, the Bible and Steve Jobs, and from named authors like Gandhi, Confucius, Churchill, Martin Luther King and the Dalai Lama; a user can follow a collection, but the listing names no way to add a quote of their own. 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. Quote widget+ names no way for a user to add or share a quote of their own; the closest it offers is following a topic collection.
Two prices, one plan
Quote widget+’s own App Store in-app purchase list, read 26 Sep 2026, runs from a $2.99 weekly subscription to a $17.99 lifetime purchase. The same app’s own description states different, lower headline prices instead, "Current subscriptions start at $7.99 a year or $3.99/month," so its two first-party price statements do not agree with each other. Theirs buys quotes. 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.
A detailed widget, thin on everything else
Quote widget+ names the most explicit widget claims of any app in this pair, lock screen and home screen sizes with a recent release note claiming support for iOS 18-plus widgets, but the app itself has gone over a year without a real update, and only 2 of its 18 App Store reviews are from this year. 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 Quote widget+ say, and what we did about it
We read all 18 App Store reviews of Quote widget+ on 26 Sep 2026: 9 were 1 to 3 stars, and they span 2017 to 2026, with only 2 from this year. This is a thin, historical sample, not a fresh read on the app today, so we treat it as background. Three themes came up most.
- Content and features get cut back or paywalled over time: categories and authors move behind a subscription, and a widget that used to be free is said to now need Premium.
- 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.
- The widget itself sometimes does not show up in the widget list at all, despite being the app’s core promise.
- 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 use behind it the way an old app’s track record might.
- Small gaps: no way to see an author’s photo in the widget, and no way to track or unfollow a followed topic collection.
- What we did: Daily Captain has no topic collections to follow or unfollow: you follow people, one way, and their approved quotes join your rotation with their name attached and a link back to their page. Shared honestly: our curated list of 365 lines is far smaller than a library built around named collections and authors.
Sources: Quote widget+ on the App Store
Pricing
Quote widget+
Quote widget+ is free to download. Its App Store in-app purchase list, read 26 Sep 2026, showed six rows: a $2.99 weekly subscription, $3.99 monthly, $12.99 annual, $24.99 yearly, a $17.99 lifetime purchase, and a $4.99 premium upgrade. The app’s own description states a different, lower set of headline prices in the same listing, "Current subscriptions start at $7.99 a year or $3.99/month," an internal inconsistency in the app’s own first-party text rather than anything to do with Daily Captain. There is no Google Play listing for this app and no first-party pricing page was found.
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: Quote widget+ on the App Store (in-app purchases), Daily Captain pricing, on the home page
When to choose Quote widget+
- You want a widget built around named topic collections, such as Buddha quotes, the Bible and Steve Jobs, and named authors like Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.
- You want the most detailed widget spec in this pair: lock screen and home screen sizes, plus a claim of iOS 18-plus widget support.
- You want a lifetime purchase and never a subscription.
- A price between $2.99 a week and $17.99 for a lifetime purchase suits you better than a monthly plan.
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 Quote widget+?
Quote widget+’s App Store in-app purchase list runs from $2.99 a week to $17.99 for a lifetime purchase, but the app’s own description states lower headline prices instead, so the two do not agree. 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.
Ready to try Daily Captain instead of Quote widget+
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