Comparison

Center for Officials Services vs RefBox'd

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • View game assignments
  • Push notifications for assignments
  • Crew communication
  • Staff communication
  • Digital insurance card
  • State passes and cards
  • Payment management
  • Schedule blocking
Features
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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.

About

RefBox'd

This app helps sports officials log games, track experience, and build a personal officiating history. Users can view stats, connect with friends, and see their career journey unfold.

Highlights
  • Log officiated games
  • Track game history and stats
  • Connect with other officials
  • Organize career experience
  • View game details (teams, scores, venues)
Features
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RefBox’d — Built for Officials Every game is part of your officiating journey. RefBox’d gives sports officials a simple way to log the games they work, track their experience, connect with friends, and see their officiating history come to life. LOG YOUR GAMES Keep a detailed record of the games you've officiated, including teams, scores, leagues, venues, partners, and more. BUILD YOUR GAME HISTORY No more trying to remember when or where you worked a game. RefBox’d keeps your officiating history organized in one place so you can easily look back on the games you've worked throughout your career. DISCOVER YOUR STATS Turn your game history into meaningful stats. See how many games you've worked, which teams you've officiated most, your most frequent partners, and more. CONNECT WITH FRIENDS Officiating is a community. Add friends on RefBox’d, see the games they're working, and keep up with each other's officiating journeys. Stay connected with the officials you meet along the way and see where the game takes them next. MADE FOR OFFICIALS RefBox’d was designed specifically for sports officials. Whether you're working your first games or have years of experience, RefBox’d gives you one place to track the moments, people, and games that make up your officiating career. Your games. Your stats. Your crew. Log it with RefBox’d.

Screenshots

Center for Officials Services4 screens
RefBox'd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RefBox'd at 5.0 against Center for Officials Services's 1.8. RefBox'd also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Center for Officials Services's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RefBox'd 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Center for Officials Services ships an update monthly, RefBox'd fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Center for Officials Services versus RefBox'd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCenter for Officials ServicesRefBox'd
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (79 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews2.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDragonFly Athletics, LLCDaniel Kandell

Customer experience

Center for Officials Services

All ratings66 ratings
Positive18.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative81.8%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive2.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative94.1%

RefBox'd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Center for Officials Services

No in-app purchases

None

RefBox'd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Center for Officials Services free?
Center for Officials Services is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RefBox'd free?
RefBox'd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Center for Officials Services or RefBox'd?
RefBox'd is rated higher. Center for Officials Services averages 1.8 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while RefBox'd averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Center for Officials Services or RefBox'd have ads?
Neither Center for Officials Services nor RefBox'd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Center for Officials Services or RefBox'd?
Center for Officials Services ships an update monthly, and RefBox'd fortnightly. Most recently, Center for Officials Services was updated on October 27, 2026 and RefBox'd on October 9, 2026.

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