Bark - Parental Controls

Bark Technologies, Inc.

About this app

Bark provides families with the tools they need to raise kids in the digital age. Our comprehensive service lets you monitor content, manage screen time, and filter websites so you can get peace of mind while your child is online.

CONTENT MONITORING

Bark monitors your child’s text messages, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, adult content, sexual predators, profanity, threats of violence, and more. Parents receive alerts only when something potentially problematic occurs online. You won’t have full access to everything on your child’s phone — just the things you might need to know about.

SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT

Families can set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).

WEB FILTERING

Our web filter lets you select which websites your child can access on their devices. You can allow or block specific sites — or even whole categories like streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more.

BARK HOME

When you purchase Bark Home, a small device sold separately that connects to your Wi-Fi router, you can use our app to manage screen time and filter websites and apps on all of the Wi-Fi-connected devices in your home, from smart TVs and video game consoles to laptops and tablets. Bark Home requires an active Bark subscription.

PRICING

Bark, our comprehensive online safety solution, includes content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering. Bark is $14/month — or $99 annually.

Bark Jr provides screen time management and web filtering for $5/month or $49 annually.

SETTING UP BARK

After you download the Bark app for parents and guardians, you’ll need to download the Bark for Kids app to your child’s device to enable monitoring, screen time management, and more. Visit www.bark.us/android to install it.

Ratings and reviews

SCAM!!! If you decide you don't want it and return phone in near mint condition they charge you 51% fee and if you contact them they charge another $99 never got a credit. And somehow they say it's for a small scratch that wasn't there costs. $99. The location features bounce around all day so you'll get a million notifications saying they are out of area. You can't talk to a real person. And never get a credit back. Save the money do life360 and a monitor app. Do not get this phone!!!!!!!!!!

Support is not the best. We are trying to set up our child's phone and chat support is supposed to be available until midnight Eastern time. However, as soon as it says you will be connected to support, it says that support will contact you via email soon. *Update* 2 to 1 star. I would not recommend this app. The functionality is far less than you can get using the built-in iPhone or Android parental controls. Using the app is not intuitive, and cannot summarize where they have traveled.

Expensive and frustrating. Talking to a live person is almost impossible. Set up was frustrating.It took forever to get referral code from referring parent. I have to admit them AI was able to provide good help. Check other apps for your needs before committing Bark is $$$ and provides same content as $ sites. Also rec'd prompts to return phone and was unable to get it unlocked despite using for required amt of time.