ZebraWeb vs Center for Officials Services
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZebraWeb
This app provides officials and team users with essential tools for managing schedules, contacts, and game-related tasks. It offers features like instant notifications, direct messaging, availability management, and payment history access. Security is a priority with multiple authentication methods.
- Schedule management
- Push notifications for game changes
- Contact directory
- Availability management
- Payment transaction history
- Messaging capabilities
- Report completion
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Today, Officials can download the ZebraWeb Mobile app to access their schedule and contacts as well as: - Check Your Schedule - Accept or Decline New Games - Get Push Notifications of Game Changes Instantly - Get contact information for partners and team or school contacts - Manage Availability and Blocked Dates - View Your ZebraPay Transaction history, manage your Direct Deposit information and more. - Message Your Partner, Assignor, or School Contacts. - Read Memos from your associations - Complete Assigned Ejection and Game Reports Team Users and School Admin can download the ZebraWeb Mobile app to access their schedule and contacts as well as: - Check Your Entire Schedule In One Place - Approve Officials For Pay and Manage Fees - Message an Official or the Crew - Complete Mandatory Coaches Evaluation Reports - Integrated to the Weather - Complete Directory of All Officials Security is our mission and we take it very seriously. That is why we have implemented many MFA methods like TouchID, FaceID, and Pin entry to keep your private information safe. Questions or feedback? We’d love to hear from you! Just email support@zebraweb.org or download the app and send us a message.
Center for Officials Services
Manage your high school officiating schedule and communications in one place. View assignments, communicate with crews and staff, access insurance and state passes, and track payments and reports.
- View game assignments
- Push notifications for assignments
- Crew communication
- Staff communication
- Digital insurance card
- State passes and cards
- Payment management
- Schedule blocking
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The NFHS Center for Officials Services (COS), powered by DragonFly, is THE app for high school officials. The COS brings all things officiating into a single place so you can manage your schedule from anywhere with ease. Use the COS app to: • View your game assignments • Get push notifications for new assignments and changes to games • View and talk to your crew • Communicate with school staff • Access your digital NFHS insurance card • Access your state passes and cards • View and withdraw your payments • Block your schedule for your assigner • Share your distance limits with your assigner • Block officials and schools when you have a conflict of interest • Fill out ejection and incident reports • Keep a record of your past games • Apply for new credential cards and passes each year Coming soon to the COS app (and already available on the website): • Register with your state association • Register with your local associations and officiating groups • Pay your officiating dues To learn more about the NFHS Center for Officials Services, powered by DragonFly, and to log in to the website to access all of the platform features, visit dragonflymax.com/officials.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZebraWeb at 3.7 against Center for Officials Services's 1.8. ZebraWeb also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 3%). Center for Officials Services's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ZebraWeb holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 169 and 78 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ZebraWeb's written reviews are positive against 3% of Center for Officials Services's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | ZebraWeb | Center for Officials Services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (169 ratings) — better | 1.8 (78 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.7% of reviews — better | 2.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 78 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vantage Labs | DragonFly Athletics, LLC |
Customer experience
ZebraWeb
Center for Officials Services
User reviews
ZebraWeb
From 169 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and user-friendly
- 🚀 Efficient and quick
- 💡 New features like payment history and direct deposit updates
- 👍 Comprehensive features for officials
- 👍 Good for game day logistics and coordination
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues and errors
- 🐛 App does not save changes properly
- 🐛 Interface is not intuitive
- 🐛 Requires login every time
Center for Officials Services
From 78 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Can see schedule and transfer pay
- ✅ App worked after phone reset
Room to improve
- ❌ No calendar synchronization
- ❌ Slow payment processing
- ❌ Missing NFHS/testing access
- ❌ Partial schedule shown
- ❌ No confirmation for fund transfers
Bugs and requests
ZebraWeb
Reported bugs
14 issues- App does not save changes properly
- App requires upgrade but no upgrade available
- App will not open after update
- App crashes when trying to view specific dates
- App crashes when trying to sync Google calendar
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- App crashes after entering username and password
- App crashes when clicking on assigned games
- App shows incorrect credentials
- App shows 'failed' when accepting a game
- App only shows blocked dates on calendar view
- App glitches in reason and description column for blocked time
- iCal sync has issues with EST time zone with Outlook app on phone
- Profile icon spins forever, cannot access profile or calendar sync
- White screen after login since update
Requested features
10 requests- Improve login persistence (remember login)
- Make schedule easier to view
- Prompt for new games instead of using filters
- Improve messaging system
- Add assignment functions
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- Improve iCal sync with Outlook app on iPhone
- Fix glitches in blocked time section
- Allow posting scores
- Enable Face ID or fingerprint login
- Improve calendar sync with iPhone
Center for Officials Services
Reported bugs
13 issues- App won't open
- App freezes on football field background
- App will not load on iPhone
- App opens to blank page after login
- App opens but immediately closes
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- Login issues (app vs. web)
- Cannot see rest of dates for past games
- UI unresponsive (tapping top left)
- Max app crashes
- App hangs when trying to log in
- App crashes frequently
- Game assignments overlap with existing games
- Blocks don't work
Requested features
18 requests- Add calendar synchronization
- Allow immediate payment transfers
- Provide access to testing/NFHS
- Show full schedule
- Add confirmation for fund transfers
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- Allow text size increase within the app
- Sync app and website information
- Allow writing reports for yellow cards
- Improve IT support responsiveness
- Enable filtering for unaccepted games
- Allow disabling reminder notifications
- Improve customer support solutions
- Add ability to add sports to list
- Improve iPad screen utilization
- Allow seeing crew before acceptance
- Enable private game reports
- Improve match reporting capabilities
- Make mileage blocks more flexible
In-app purchases
ZebraWeb
No in-app purchases
Center for Officials Services
No in-app purchases
Questions
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