Center for Officials Services vs RefCapture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
RefCapture
This app streamlines sports officiating by managing game assignments, tracking penalties, and digitizing foul sheets with AI. It's designed for NCAA and high school officials to improve game management.
- Game assignment management
- Penalty tracking
- AI foul sheet scanning
- NCAA and high school officiating support
- Digital record keeping
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RefCapture helps sports officiating crews manage game assignments, track penalties, and scan foul sheets using AI-powered recognition. Built for NCAA and high school officiating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RefCapture at 5.0 against Center for Officials Services's 1.8. RefCapture also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). Center for Officials Services's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
RefCapture holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Center for Officials Services has 79 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Center for Officials Services ships an update monthly, RefCapture fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Center for Officials Services | RefCapture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (79 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DragonFly Athletics, LLC | Ethan Thomas |
Customer experience
Center for Officials Services
RefCapture
In-app purchases
Center for Officials Services
No in-app purchases
RefCapture
No in-app purchases
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