Comparison

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs TT Pre

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

TT Pre

This educational app provides comprehensive pre-calculus lessons and practice problems. It features audiovisual lectures, automated grading, and step-by-step explanations to help students learn independently. Parental controls allow progress tracking, and the digitized textbook is searchable.

Highlights
  • 95 audiovisual lectures
  • Thousands of practice problems
  • Automated grading and instant feedback
  • Step-by-step audiovisual explanations
  • Parental progress tracking
  • Digitized textbook with search
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The Teaching Textbooks Pre-Calculus app makes your TT course even better! Not only will your student enjoy math while learning independently, but, with the app, that learning can also take place on the go. Even when offline! Specifically, the app can be used offline for up to 6 lessons at a time. That makes it perfect for homeschool parents who need their kids to stay productive while the family is out and about during the day. The app’s other features include… • 95 audiovisual lectures that teach every core concept in the standard 12th grade curriculum • thousands of problems that give students all the practice they need to master each concept • automated grading and instant feedback for every single problem • step-by-step audiovisual explanations to every single problem so students can see exactly what they did wrong when mistakes are made (This makes the program feel as if a tutor is at the student’s side!) • parental controls that let you track your student’s progress • the digitized version of the printed Teaching Textbooks Pre-Calculus textbook (with a search feature and a hyper-linked index) • no advertising or in-app purchase offers • Internet connectivity is required, but you can remain offline for up to 6 lessons.

Screenshots

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints4 screens
TT Pre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at 4.8 against TT Pre's 3.6. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 29%) and ratings volume (5.1K vs 9). TT Pre's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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

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

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints has 5.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of TEACHERS | TalkingPoints's written reviews are positive against 29% of TT Pre's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update fortnightly, TT Pre every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints versus TT Pre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEACHERS | TalkingPointsTT Pre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better3.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings5.1K — better9
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalkingPoints CorpTeaching Textbooks, Inc.

Customer experience

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

All ratings5,125 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral16.5%
Negative18.8%

TT Pre

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

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

TT Pre

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

No in-app purchases

None

TT Pre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEACHERS | TalkingPoints free?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TT Pre free?
TT Pre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or TT Pre?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is rated higher. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while TT Pre averages 3.6 from 9 ratings.
Do TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or TT Pre have ads?
Neither TEACHERS | TalkingPoints nor TT Pre shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or TT Pre?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update fortnightly, and TT Pre every 2 months. Most recently, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints was updated on September 25, 2026 and TT Pre on September 11, 2026.

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