FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs Curtis HS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
This app facilitates communication between parents and educators, allowing users to send and receive messages in their preferred language. It automatically translates messages into English for teachers, fostering greater parental involvement in a child's education.
- Parent-teacher messaging
- Automatic message translation
- Multilingual communication
- School engagement tool
- Preferred language support
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TalkingPoints is a free application that lets you communicate with your children’s teachers and school. You will be able to send and receive messages through this application in your preferred language, because TalkingPoints will translate your message into English for teachers. Stay engaged and involved in your child’s learning by communicating and collaborating with their teacher and school using TalkingPoints!
Curtis HS
Stay connected with your school community through this app. Access news, calendars, events, and staff information. Communicate directly with teachers and staff via in-app messaging and receive important updates through push notifications.
- News and announcements
- Calendars and events
- Staff directory
- Photo and video albums
- Direct messaging
- Push notifications
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Our mobile app is recommended to all our students, parents, teachers, staff members, and other members of our community. News, announcements, calendars, events, photo albums, videos, and even sections for each one of our teachers and staff members are all included in our app. Access lots of information conveniently, and always stay informed with our push notifications. Send messages to teachers and staff members right within our app, anywhere, anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints at 4.8 against Curtis HS's 3.8. FAMILIES | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (92K vs 11) and chart position (#137 vs unranked). Curtis HS's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints has 92K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, Curtis HS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | Curtis HS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) — better | 3.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #137 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Educational Networks Inc. |
Customer experience
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
Curtis HS
Bugs and requests
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Logging out issues
- Notifications not working
- Slow to load messages
- Unreliable service
Requested features
6 requests- Add dark mode
- Improve message organization and filtering
- Allow both parents to see conversation history
- Provide desktop/web interface
- Add time/date stamps for messages
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- Improve notification system
Curtis HS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Curtis HS
No in-app purchases
Questions
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