FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs MVBC
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!
MVBC
Stay connected with Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Access past messages, receive notifications, and share content. Download messages for offline listening.
- Watch or listen to past messages
- Receive push notifications
- Share messages via social media and email
- Download messages for offline listening
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Twitter, Facebook, or email; and download messages for offline listening. Mobile app version: 6.21.3
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints at every 3 weeks against MVBC's every 22 months. FAMILIES | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (92K vs 1) and chart position (#118 vs unranked). MVBC's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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.
MVBC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints has 92K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, MVBC every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | MVBC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Mount Vernon Baptist Church (AR) |
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
MVBC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
MVBC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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