TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
Facilitate seamless communication with parents and guardians through text messages, overcoming language barriers with over 100 supported languages. Share updates, pictures, videos, and polls, while keeping your personal contact information private. Schedule messages for optimal parent engagement.
- Multilingual text messaging
- Automatic 2-way translation
- Group and class messaging
- Private contact information
- Attach media 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!
O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
This app connects parents, students, teachers, and administrators with school news, resources, and event information. It provides quick access to essential tools and updates to keep the school community informed and engaged.
- School news updates
- Interactive event calendars
- Access to online resources
- Stay connected with the school community
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The O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy app enables parents, students, teachers and administrators to quickly access the resources, tools, news and information to stay connected and informed! The O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy 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 rating: TEACHERS | TalkingPoints at 4.8 against O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy's 3.0. TEACHERS | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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.
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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEACHERS | TalkingPoints | O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | City Of Chicago School District 299 |
Customer experience
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
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
O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TEACHERS | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
O.A. Thorp Scholastic Academy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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