Bark for Chromebooks

1.9
158 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Bark uses advanced algorithms to detect and proactively alert parents to issues your family faces online, such as bullying, predators, sexual content, and more. You can stay on top of your child's location using our real-time map or location check-in features. We also monitor social media and also block access to specific web sites and harmful categories while only alerting you to potential problems. Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trust between families.

Using our check-in feature, you can simply press a button to send your current location to your parent. This offers you peace of mind that your child has made it safely to their destination.

To do this, the Bark app will need access to photos/videos, contacts, the list of installed apps on the device, and browsing history. We use Accessibility to monitor your child's third-party message data.

Additionally, we use a VPN service to monitor your child's internet traffic for harmful content even when the app is not in use. Bark collects read and write call log data to enable contact monitoring even when the app is not in use
Updated on
Apr 16, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Messages, Photos and videos and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

1.8
143 reviews
Carl Dearth
January 19, 2024
I love how this app keeps me protected from any form of danger in virtual and ransom activities, but this app could use some improvement. I have to rely on my parents for everything, from installing apps to getting new contacts. I can't even call anyone without getting hung up on. Long story short, I appreciate the safety measures, but I hate how it invades my privacy and I can't installing apps.
13 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
January 19, 2024
Hello! We sincerely hope that you have a discussion with your parents about your concerns, and what your family agrees is an appropriate and safe use of technology and the internet. 💚
Brody Paulk
January 21, 2024
This app is absolutely trash it tracks everything I do and I can't just joke around with my friends and my mom can block everything and gives me absolutely no freedom and when my friend texts me something that's about his private life my parents can see what I text so they know now. And it stalks me everywhere I go and gives me no privacy.
29 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
January 21, 2024
Hi there! Our mission is to help keep kids safer, while still giving them privacy by never showing all of their data to their parents! Parents are only alerted to potential concerns. We sincerely hope that you have a discussion with your parents about what your family agrees is an appropriate and safe use of technology and the internet. 💙
A Google user
February 27, 2019
I think it is good for social media, but personal text messages are a no no, my friends tell me personal stuff that is a secret. not necessarily bad things, just things they dont want people knowing, I think you should take that feature off. It is very personal things that people text each other and it makes me anxious to do anything on my phone anymore. I have only had this for 1 day and some things are inaccurate. This would be 0 stars. I feel like I'm being stalked and I dont wanna lose trust
52 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
March 4, 2019
Thank you so much for your feedback and we understand your concerns. Bark alerts parent and gives insights to things that are flagged within our algorithm as alarming or concerning. It does not give access into the child's phone but only issues alerted. I have passed your feedback along to our leadership team.

What's new

Update Accessibility Disclosures