Remind vs FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Remind
This platform facilitates real-time communication for school communities, connecting educators, students, and parents across devices. It prioritizes privacy by keeping personal contact information hidden and offers message translation in over 90 languages.
- Real-time communication on any device
- Private contact information
- Message translation (90+ languages)
- Share files, photos, and links
- Connects school communities
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Remind is a communication platform that helps every student succeed. Whether you're in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in between, Remind makes it easy to stay connected to your school community. * Communicate in real time—on any device. * Keep personal contact information private. * Translate messages into more than 90 languages. * Share files, photos, and content from your favorite sites. Join the millions of educators, students, and parents using Remind to manage school communication and make time for what's important.
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!
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Verdict
Remind and FAMILIES | TalkingPoints both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 44% of Remind's written reviews are positive against 24% of FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's. Remind also leads on ratings volume (1.8M vs 92K) and chart position (#60 vs #183). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Remind against 4.8 for FAMILIES | TalkingPoints. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remind has 1.8M ratings behind it against 92K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Remind's written reviews are positive against 24% of FAMILIES | TalkingPoints's.
Remind ships an update monthly, FAMILIES | TalkingPoints every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Remind | FAMILIES | TalkingPoints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8M ratings) — better | 4.8 (92K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.9% of reviews — better | 24.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8M — better | 92K |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | #183 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ParentSquare | TalkingPoints Corp |
Customer experience
Remind
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
User reviews
Remind
From 1.8M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Convenient communication between teachers and parents
- 👍 Secure way to share information without exposing personal numbers
- 🚀 Efficient for sending reminders and updates
- 📸 Ability to share photos and attachments
- 🤝 Helps establish better relationships between teachers and families
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Difficulty finding and organizing past messages and conversations
- 🔣 Limited character count for messages
- 🚫 Inability to delete or archive old conversations
- 🔒 Concerns about privacy and security
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
Bugs and requests
Remind
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications not working consistently
- Issues with logging in and account management
- Problems with syncing and refreshing message history
- Compatibility issues on certain devices and platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Increase character limit for messages
- Add option to create and manage group chats with more participants
- Improve organization and searchability of messages and conversations
- Implement a 'do not disturb' mode to set office hours
- Allow administrators to make changes to user accounts
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
In-app purchases
Remind
No in-app purchases
FAMILIES | TalkingPoints
No in-app purchases
Questions
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