TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs enCourage UW
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!
enCourage UW
This application facilitates the creation of supportive and genuine learning environments. It is designed to foster authentic communities for educational purposes in various settings.
- Create supportive learning communities
- Foster authentic educational environments
- Applicable in any learning situation
- Designed for community building
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This app is designed to help you create supportive, authentic learning communities in any situation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at fortnightly against enCourage UW's every 28 months. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 3). enCourage UW's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
enCourage UW holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints has 5.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update fortnightly, enCourage UW every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEACHERS | TalkingPoints | enCourage UW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | University of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps |
Customer experience
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
enCourage UW
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
enCourage UW
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
enCourage UW
No in-app purchases
Questions
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