Comparison

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Teacher's Assistant

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

Teacher's Assistant

This app helps independent teachers and small classes manage student attendance, track course fees, and record homework and grades. It offers seamless iCloud data synchronization across devices without requiring registration, prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Attendance recording
  • Course fee statistics
  • Custom data forms
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • No registration required
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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A lightweight teaching assistant app developed for independent teachers and small remedial classes, no ads, no in-app purchases, no registration, easy to operate, and is committed to saving teachers time. * The main function: 1. Attendance record: record the attendance, waiting or leave of each student with one click 2. Course fee statistics: All class records will be automatically counted, and data such as income, leave rate, attendance rate and other data are clear at a glance 3. Custom form: used to replace the paper roster to record data such as homework collection, grade registration, and tuition collection * Data synchronization and privacy: This App uses iCloud for data synchronization and seamlessly switches between iOS devices without registering an account. (iCloud synchronization may take about 30 seconds. To use iCloud synchronization, please turn on the "iCloud Drive" and "Teacher's Assistant" switches in Settings > iCloud) All cloud data is stored in the user's iCloud space and cannot be accessed by anyone except the user himself. * If you have any suggestions, ideas or feedback about the app, please contact: zxzdev0.feedback@gmail.com, I will read every letter, thank you for your support.

Screenshots

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints4 screens
Teacher's Assistant3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at 4.8 against Teacher's Assistant's 3.0. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints has 5.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, Teacher's Assistant monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints versus Teacher's Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEACHERS | TalkingPointsTeacher's Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalkingPoints Corp金阳 游

Customer experience

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

All ratings5,127 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral16.3%
Negative19.8%

Teacher's Assistant

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Teacher's Assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

No in-app purchases

None

Teacher's Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEACHERS | TalkingPoints free?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teacher's Assistant free?
Teacher's Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Teacher's Assistant?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is rated higher. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Teacher's Assistant averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Teacher's Assistant have ads?
Neither TEACHERS | TalkingPoints nor Teacher's Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Teacher's Assistant?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, and Teacher's Assistant monthly. Most recently, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints was updated on October 26, 2026 and Teacher's Assistant on October 9, 2026.

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