TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Black Forest Hills Elementary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
This app facilitates seamless communication between educators and parents, overcoming language barriers with over 100 supported languages. Teachers can send messages, share media, and conduct polls while keeping their personal contact information private. It's designed for ease of use, even for busy educators.
- 2-way translation in 100+ languages
- Send messages to individuals, groups, or entire classes
- Keep cell phone numbers private
- Attach pictures, videos, polls, and files
- Preschedule messages
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The TalkingPoints Teacher app helps teachers reach all parents and guardians, regardless of language, via text messages in 100+ languages. Our translation is done by a combination of human translators and machines, allowing for seamless communication with all of your families. TalkingPoints helps teachers • Communicate with non-English speaking parents through automatic 2-way translation • Quickly send messages to one parent, a group of parents or to the whole class • Keep their cell phone numbers private by sending text messages through the app • Attach pictures, videos, polls, and files to text messages to share what students are learning in school • Preschedule messages to go out when parents are available to read them "Teachers have busy schedules and don't have a lot of time to learn how to use a new tool, but what I want other educators to know is how easy it is to communicate with parents through TalkingPoints. I love it and use it everyday!” - Ms. Cardenas, ESL teacher TalkingPoints is free for teachers in the U.S./Canada. Sign up today!
Black Forest Hills Elementary
Stay connected with the latest news, events, and important updates from the school. Receive push notifications, access a faculty directory, and find parent resources. Easily notify the school of absences through this communication tool.
- Latest news and events
- Push notifications
- Faculty listing
- Parent resources
- Absence notification
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Welcome to the official app for Black Forest Hills Elementary PTCO, the best way to stay in touch with the happenings at our school. Features of the app include: Latest news and events Push notifications Faculty listing Parent resources Absence notification We are excited to use this innovative communication tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Black Forest Hills Elementary at 100% against TEACHERS | TalkingPoints's 64%. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints has 5.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of TEACHERS | TalkingPoints's written reviews are positive against 100% of Black Forest Hills Elementary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, Black Forest Hills Elementary every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEACHERS | TalkingPoints | Black Forest Hills Elementary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Black Forest Hills Elementary PTCO |
Customer experience
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
Black Forest Hills Elementary
Bugs and requests
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Messages not sending or receiving
- Inability to log in or access account
- Inconsistent performance on different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Increase character limit for messages
- Add ability to edit/delete scheduled messages
- Improve translation accuracy
- Provide more language options
- Streamline login and account management
Black Forest Hills Elementary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Black Forest Hills Elementary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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