TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Teacher's Assistant
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!
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.
- Attendance recording
- Course fee statistics
- Custom data forms
- iCloud data synchronization
- No registration required
- Ad-free experience
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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.
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Verdict
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
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 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.
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.
| Parameter | TEACHERS | TalkingPoints | Teacher's Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | 金阳 游 |
Customer experience
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
Teacher's Assistant
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
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Teacher's Assistant
No in-app purchases
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