FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs MaST Schools
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!
MaST Schools
Stay informed about school events, receive customized notifications, and access weekly cafeteria menus. The app provides district updates and a staff directory for easy contact.
- Event calendar with sharing
- Customizable notifications
- Weekly cafeteria menus
- Live district updates
- Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for MaST Schools. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MaST Schools at 100% against FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's 24%. MaST Schools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's advantage is ratings volume (92K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
MaST Schools 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. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's written reviews are positive against 100% of MaST Schools's.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, MaST Schools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | MaST Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | MaST Community Charter School |
Customer experience
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
MaST Schools
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
MaST Schools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
MaST Schools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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