Comparison

SCI Score Centre vs Dragon Players

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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SCI Score Centre

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Keep up to date with the latest scores from your SCI festival direct to your device.

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Dragon Players

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Dragon Players is the app for Dragon Academy families. Follow your child's football at the academy, from the next session to the coach's recap, while their own 3D dragon grows every time they train. You need a Dragon Academy membership to use the app: sign in with your parent account and link your child. Dragon Academy runs weekly football coaching for ages 2 to 13 in RCT, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot. THE WEEK AT THE ACADEMY • See the next session and say if your child is coming, so the coaches can plan. • After each session, read the coach's recap and see who was Player of the Week. • Message your child's coaches. Press and hold a message to report it or block the sender. • Academy news, coach awards and Coach of the Month voting. THEIR DEVELOPMENT • Dragon cards: after an assessment day, scan your child's card to see their skills, rated 1 to 5. • Learn: drills with 3D demos for every age group, courses for parents and players, and a skills deck for 8 to 13s. • The coach's skill of the week to practise at home, for XP. • Their month: at the start of each month, a tap-through review of last month's sessions, XP, medals and League. • Weekend Match Card: log a weekend match in a few taps and it becomes a match card. THEIR OWN 3D DRAGON • Every player has a 3D dragon in its own cave. It grows through six stages, Egg to Legend, mostly by turning up to sessions. • Session night is matchday: after the coaches record a session, your child opens a matchday pack and their dragon walks out of the tunnel to collect what it earned. • Medals and trophies fill the cave shelves, and unlock wear, moves, cave pieces and colours. • At Fire Dragon, your child chooses a pet to keep. • Walk the cave with a thumb stick and visit cave friends. A parent approves each one, and friends can only send a wave, a high five or a celebration. No chat. PLAY AND COMPETE • Dragon Stadium: eight 3D football games starring their dragon, from Keepy-Uppies to 1v1 Arena, with academy records. Games never give XP. • The League: monthly XP tables for their group, age group and the academy, plus the area race. • The Dragon Trophy Series: a trophy event every school holiday for Junior and Advanced Dragons, with 3D trophies for the winners. • Stories made from a medal, a game record or a session, with stickers and a caption from a list. No photos, and they last 3 days. DRAGON MODE • Hand over your phone and your child sees only the parts you allow, with an optional time limit. Your PIN is the only way out. BUILT FOR FAMILIES • Parents hold the account. Dragon mode and player logins have no buy buttons and no messages. • Other families see a first name and initial only, and you can hide your child's name from the League. • Delete your account at any time in Profile. PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) An optional monthly subscription, bought by a parent in the app. One covers every child on the account. It adds: • Every pet straight away, plus four baby dragon hatchlings. • Four cave styles and six dragon skins. • Premium moves, wear and cave pieces. • AI Coach, the home session builder in Learn, and every Premium course. Premium never buys medals, trophies, XP, stages or League places. DEVELOPMENT PLUS Development Plus is Dragon Academy's coaching add-on. Each month your child's lead coach gives them a one-to-one check-in, at training or by video call, and you get a review card in the app with their skills, one strength, one focus and a home drill: a plan for the month ahead. Premium is included. SUBSCRIPTION Premium is £4.99 a month (UK price; the app shows your price before you buy). Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://dragon-academy-api.onrender.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SCI Score Centre3 screens
Dragon Players4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SCI Score Centre at none against Dragon Players's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dragon Players sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. SCI Score Centre asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCI Score Centre ships an update weekly, Dragon Players fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
SCI Score Centre versus Dragon Players: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCI Score CentreDragon Players
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB214 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJamie DanielsDYLAN MARK POWELL

In-app purchases

None

SCI Score Centre

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dragon Players

Subscriptions1
  • Dragon Players Premium$4.991 Month

Questions

Is SCI Score Centre free?
SCI Score Centre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dragon Players free?
Dragon Players is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SCI Score Centre or Dragon Players have ads?
Neither SCI Score Centre nor Dragon Players shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCI Score Centre or Dragon Players?
SCI Score Centre ships an update weekly, and Dragon Players fortnightly. Most recently, SCI Score Centre was updated on October 4, 2026 and Dragon Players on November 13, 2026.

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