FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs LINQ Connect
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!
LINQ Connect
Easily manage your student's school meal accounts and payments from your phone. Check balances, add funds, view menus, and even apply for meal assistance securely.
- Check meal account balance
- Add money to accounts
- Purchase school store items
- View school menu
- Apply for free/reduced meals
- Manage notifications
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LINQ Connect makes payments simple anytime, anywhere. Check your student's meal account balance from your phone with confidence in the safety of your account information. Adding money to a meal account balance or buying an item from the school store is as easy as logging into your account. Manage notifications so that you never have to worry about missed activity again. Use the app to check the school menu to plan your meals. You can also apply for free or reduced meals right through the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints at 4.8 against LINQ Connect's 4.3. FAMILIES | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (92K vs 1.1K) and review sentiment (24% vs 7%). 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints has 92K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's written reviews are positive against 7% of LINQ Connect's.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, LINQ Connect every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | LINQ Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews — better | 7.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | #185 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | LINQ ERP |
Customer experience
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
LINQ Connect
User reviews
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
From 92K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great communication app
- 🚀 Easy to contact teachers
- 💡 Convenient for parents
- 🚀 Saves time on return phone calls
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 🐛 Logging out issues
- 🐛 Notifications not working
- 🐛 Slow to load messages
LINQ Connect
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😃 Useful app
- 🤑 Easy to add funds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🤖 Unintuitive interface
- 🤬 Excessive fees
- 🤯 Difficult to navigate
- 🤷♀️ Unreliable notifications
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
LINQ Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen not loading
- Inability to access accounts
- Incorrect transaction dates
- Filters and menus not functioning
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view monthly menu
- Option to save login credentials
- Integrate with mobile wallet apps
- Detailed transaction history
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
LINQ Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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