Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls

By Bark Technologies, Inc.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2019-09-25
  • Current Version: 5.4.3
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 21.27 MB
  • Developer: Bark Technologies, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
Score: 4.1
4.18625
From 27,613 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

  • Was hopeful!

    2
    By Helicopter mom for life
    I love the idea of this app! Unfortunately with apples new update it is almost useless!! It never connects! It asks for the passcode so much!! I hope this issue gets resolved because I think it would and was a great app!! In this day and age we need to be monitoring our children on these devices!!!
  • Bad

    1
    By Hijjhffgm,
    Why was sen ding me stuf I don’t want do not recamend
  • Depends on the device

    2
    By Xmom1011x
    This monitored my son’s android phone fine, although I get tons of alerts over nothing. However, it cannot automatically monitor my other son’s apple phone unless I take the password at login off. I am not comfortable with that. I also couldn’t get the app on my kids kindlefires. They show up as incompatible. So it may be worth while if your kids all have android phones. Also worked well on a Chromebook. But google family link gets pretty close for free.
  • Good service, bad app redesign

    3
    By Bcants77
    I think this is a helpful service and has been a good transition to more independence on an Android device for my teen. It’s less invasive than manually checking his phone and still notifies me of (most) concerning messages. The new app redesign just released is pretty bad though. It’s significantly harder to navigate than previously and I get more errors when reviewing alerts that just crash the app. Definitely no longer as user friendly anymore.
  • Concern parent

    1
    By Plunk9876
    This app I do not really care for I pay for it and it does not monitored my son’s phone like it’s supposed to it always has issues connecting to his phone. It’ll go good after I for about a few days to a week and then it’ll say that there’s another issue with it does not let me know when he leaves or comes home. It does not let me know his location. I have contacted a support team about this. You can never talk to a live person. You have to do it all And sometimes you would like just to talk to a live person very unhappy with the app and if it was not for me being a mom that monitors her son’s phone and just relied on this app to do it then there would’ve been stuff falling through the cracks like that should not have been going on on my son’s phone, but this app that I pay for is supposed to catch that
  • kayla yes ima teen

    1
    By kayyy 🦋
    bro i hate this app. like this app be snitching bro. like i cant delete my messages on imessages because some messages still get shown. like its really a invasion of privacy. like it really gets to a point bro 😂.
  • Doesn’t show correct location.

    1
    By Poor location!
    Shows my child is a few blocks away when he is sitting right next to me. Poor service
  • Poor customer support

    2
    By GratefulDean1
    Was never able to get past the setup page. When I asked for help I kept getting the same form letter requesting information that was already given. Bark put a VPN on our devices but when I canceled the service their robot (what seems to be the only way to talk to them) said they did t know how to remove it. Incredibly disappointed.
  • This up is just Ok

    2
    By goarmyxc
    Time consuming. Constant false alerts. Constant having to go in and fix settings. I literally spent three hours fixing my kids phone settings in a day. It is probably not worth it. A lot of false positives. A lot of maintenance. Needs to evolve faster. Parents should spend more time monitoring and less time ensuring monitoring works.
  • Useless for iOS devices

    1
    By SkinnyMC76
    If you have an Apple iOS device, don’t bother. It can’t monitor TikTok, Discord, Sendit, Snapchat, pretty much anything you would want it to monitor, Bark cannot.

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