Comparison

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Aspen Crossing Elementary

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

Aspen Crossing Elementary

This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with school news, interactive resources like event calendars, and quick access to online tools. It keeps the school community informed and engaged.

Highlights
  • School news updates
  • Interactive event calendars
  • Access to online resources
  • Connects parents, students, and staff
  • Stay informed and engaged
Features
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The Aspen Crossing Elementary app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Aspen Crossing Elementary app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources

Screenshots

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints4 screens
Aspen Crossing Elementary3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at 5.1K against Aspen Crossing Elementary's 2. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Aspen Crossing Elementary's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints has 5.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints versus Aspen Crossing Elementary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEACHERS | TalkingPointsAspen Crossing Elementary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalkingPoints CorpCherry Creek School District #5

Customer experience

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

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

Aspen Crossing Elementary

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Aspen Crossing Elementary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEACHERS | TalkingPoints

No in-app purchases

None

Aspen Crossing Elementary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEACHERS | TalkingPoints free?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aspen Crossing Elementary free?
Aspen Crossing Elementary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Aspen Crossing Elementary?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints is rated higher. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Aspen Crossing Elementary averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Aspen Crossing Elementary have ads?
Neither TEACHERS | TalkingPoints nor Aspen Crossing Elementary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints or Aspen Crossing Elementary?
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, and Aspen Crossing Elementary every 3 weeks. Most recently, TEACHERS | TalkingPoints was updated on October 24, 2026 and Aspen Crossing Elementary on October 8, 2026.

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