TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Dakota Valley
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!
Dakota Valley
Stay connected with your school community. Access important news, event calendars, and online resources quickly and easily. Designed for parents, students, teachers, and administrators.
- School news updates
- Event calendars
- Interactive resources
- Quick access to online tools
- Stay informed
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The Dakota Valley app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The Dakota Valley app features: - Important news from your school - Interactive resources including event calendars and more - Quick access to online resources
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at 64% against Dakota Valley's 0%. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and 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 1.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of TEACHERS | TalkingPoints's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dakota Valley's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEACHERS | TalkingPoints | Dakota Valley |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Cherry Creek School District #5 |
Customer experience
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
Dakota Valley
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
Dakota Valley
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Dakota Valley
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TEACHERS | TalkingPoints free?
Is Dakota Valley free?
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