FAMILIES | TalkingPoints vs Kohl Academy
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!
Kohl Academy
Manage your performing arts account, register for classes, and receive important updates. Access all academy offerings conveniently from your smartphone.
- Account management
- Class registration
- Special event registration
- Receive notifications
- On-the-go access
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WELCOME TO Kohl Academy of Performing Arts The Kohl Academy app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes and special events. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The Kohl Academy app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything Kohl Academy has to offer right from your smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FAMILIES | TalkingPoints at every 3 weeks against Kohl Academy's every 7 months. FAMILIES | TalkingPoints also leads on ratings volume (92K vs 3) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). Kohl Academy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
Kohl Academy 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints ships an update every 3 weeks, Kohl Academy every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints | Kohl Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (92K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #83 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TalkingPoints Corp | Kohl Academy of Performing Arts |
Customer experience
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
Kohl Academy
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
Kohl Academy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Kohl Academy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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