Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls

By Bark Technologies, Inc.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2019-09-25
  • Current Version: 5.3.5
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 19.50 MB
  • Developer: Bark Technologies, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Score: 4.1
4.16836
From 25,433 Ratings

Description

Bark provides families with all 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 texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, adult content, sexual predators, profanity, suicidal ideation, 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 TESTIMONIALS • "My wife and I LOVE Bark. We've had some tough but productive conversations with our 13-year-old son. It's proving to be extremely valuable." — Josh L. • “It’s just another set of protections we as parents give our kids for the digital environment (or as my 10-year-old calls it, a “cell phone seat belt”). My oldest is a 9th grader, and while I trust her, I’ve come to realize through the alerts that some of her friends aren’t truly her friends. It’s led to some amazing conversations about choosing friends wisely and recognizing toxic people. While she wasn’t for Bark at first, she’s since said she’s grateful that I saw those messages because it reaffirmed what she was feeling but didn’t know how to verbalize without sounding sensitive.” — Bark Parent • "Bark notified me that my young daughter had unknowingly revealed her phone number to strangers on Twitter. The fact that Bark notified me was impressive and led to an informative discussion with her the same day." — Jon B. • “Since Bark alerted us to the suicidal language used in the Google doc that was being used in a chat document with a friend, we have seen both a pediatrician and a licensed counselor. We are hopeful for a positive outcome. Thanks to Bark for letting us peek into our child’s mind!” — Bark Parent • “This app is a lifesaver! It has allowed us to catch so many “red flags” in the content my kids have accessed on their devices and in their interactions with friends and other people online that I wouldn’t have ever known about otherwise. The big difference between Bark and other “Parental Control” software is that Bark allows your kids to have so much more privacy. It doesn’t show you everything they do, but sends an instant alert regarding any activity that might be concerning. Highly recommended!” — Bark Parent With Bark, you can help keep your kids safe both online and in real life. Try it out for seven days absolutely free! Our Family Online Safety Specialists are standing by to help answer any questions you may have. Email [email protected] or visit help.bark.us to get answers and advice from the Bark Team. Terms of Use https://www.bark.us/terms

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Reviews

  • Too slow to work

    1
    By Scott67686
    Bark slowed our devices to a crawl… not acceptable.
  • can't even get it synced and running

    1
    By ssifuentez312
    the instructions are outdated and unclear. could not get apps downloaded and synced with parking code or login or anything.
  • from a teams pov

    1
    By hdheyebrh
    i’m not a bad kid. i get almost all a’s and i’ve never been in a relationship. there is no reason for my parents to be invading my privacy over something small. i don’t know how else to describe this app but stupid and invasion of my privacy.
  • Great idea but needs a lot of work

    1
    By Jkamiy
    So I got this app mostly to monitor what my kids were texting to their friends… it gives me the peace of mind that if something is said or sent it will alert me, and if it’s just regular conversation between them and their friends I don’t need to read it know about it. The two biggest problems I have is that the phone have to be on WiFi and scanned by my computer… they both have cell service and this app would be so much better if it was able to monitor them in real time and not having to be at my house. The second problem I have is that even when they are at the house the phones are constantly being asked to trust the computer so it can scan their phones and no matter how many times they say yes it constantly keeps asking, and eventually they get annoyed and say no, at which point it renders the app useless to me. I can’t speak to the other features as this was the main reason I purchased it. Unfortunately there aren’t any other options out there that scan/monitor their text without me having to read everything, so I really hope they get this fixed and figured out.
  • Horribly difficult to use.

    1
    By Matt223;
    Horrible, the most confusing app I’ve used ever
  • Eh

    3
    By KGE91119
    Bark is good with things like scanning texts, however Bark completely missed the activity going on in Safari and ChatGPT, even though those are on the list of things monitored. Please fix the AI blind spot.
  • So glitchy

    1
    By cedermom
    After about 3 weeks of use we had to take it off our daughter’s iPad because it was so glitchy and causing the iPad to be so slow. Very disappointing as we paid for a full year.
  • It’s a lot of work

    1
    By sakeyes
    What this app offers is great but if you have iPhones it’s a real pain to keep the alerts updated. You continuously have to put in your screen password to “trust this computer”. The phones you’re trying to monitor constantly get disconnected from the home computer which means you get no alerts. It’s a total P.I.T.A. It’s easier just to pick up your kid’s phone each evening and look at all their accounts. We canceled our membership.
  • Waste of Money

    1
    By Styles Blue
    I’ve tried countless times to get this to work and with the IOS system it locks you out if the phone even with connection. Customer service is nice but they didn’t figure out the problem. I guess it only works if you buy their phone. Hopefully they figure it out, I see the positive in this app if it works correctly.
  • Don’t do this to ur kids

    1
    By Mig56
    Don’t feel comfortable talking to friends now either. Like when u wanna vent, u can’t bc ur parents are gonna read it. Encourages isolation. This isn’t good. Not all kids want their parents to know every problem they want their friends to know. Like they wouldnt share every school drama and crush of theirs with their parents. This is not good for the mental health of teenagers. This app outs LGBTQ youth to their parents too. Like now I’ll never get the moment to tell them without them already knowing. this app ruined our relationship thanks a lot

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