FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs The Togethership
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 involvement in a child's education.
- Parent-teacher messaging
- Multilingual communication
- Automatic message translation
- Stay engaged in child's learning
- School communication platform
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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!
The Togethership
This app serves as a central hub for parents, students, and staff to access essential tools and information. It provides seamless connectivity for announcements, event calendars, academic progress, and financial details.
- Announcements
- Calendar of Events
- Student Grades and Homework
- Athletics Information
- Financial Access
- Staff Communications
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Welcome to the official app for The Togethership. This app is a one-stop-shop for our parents, students, and staff, with anytime, anywhere access to all the tools, content, and communications needed to stay connected and engaged. This app is our primary communication portal and provides easy access to Announcements, Calendar of Events, Student Grades and Homework, Athletics, FACTS Financial and so much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints at every 3 weeks against The Togethership's every 6 months. FAMILIES | TalkingPoints also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (92K vs 13). 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.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints has 92K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, The Togethership every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | The Togethership |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #183 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Togethership, LLC |
Customer experience
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
The Togethership
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
The Togethership
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
The Togethership
No in-app purchases
Questions
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