Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls

By Bark Technologies, Inc.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2019-09-25
  • Current Version: 5.5.1
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 21.81 MB
  • Developer: Bark Technologies, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 13.4
Score: 4.19954
4.19954
From 29,402 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

  • Just frustrated

    2
    By Twalks007
    I recently signed up for bark monitoring on my son’s first phone (iPhone). It doesn’t work on popular apps like snap and TikTok (which I didn’t realize at sign up). I figured for text monitoring at least it will be good— but it barely works and I keep having to run through hours of attempts to connect his phone to my computer and then my computer has to stay on all the time and he has to “allow” the connection at random prompts with his phone passcode. I know a lot of this hassle is Apple’s fault, but this app is expensive and is basically rendered useless due to connectivity challenges. Update after developer response - they say “Once it’s connected, Bark will scan your child’s device automatically over Wi-Fi.” For the app at least this is misleading. One— it doesn’t work consistently or easily. And so far over WiFi without the phone plugged into my laptop this doesn’t work at all. It’s not as easy or seamless as they want you to believe.
  • Tested

    2
    By Daniel Kurtz
    Hey, I tested this app on my phone for fun- it barely works with Apple, mainly due to the fact that it’s nearly impossible to install - no offense- spyware (or any other type of malware) onto IOS devices. This app only works if your OS isn’t as secure as the Ben-Gurion airport, which IOS very much is.
  • Sucky if you have apple

    3
    By AliPaigeF
    I got this for my 12 year old who just got a phone. Wasn’t clear that since we have IOS I have to have it on a home computer and it will only monitor texts when it’s connected to my home wifi and the computer isn’t asleep. When I got this it said it would monitor everything. I assumed through the app on my phone and my child’s. But apparently not. And the location doesn’t update. It will tell me when he leaves the house and when he’s home but nothing else unless I ask for his location.
  • Not for everyone

    2
    By MemeG85
    I purchased this believing that I could monitor any phone but if you do not have a brand new MacBook or computer you will not be able to monitor the new iPhones. I wasted 100 dollars.
  • Grateful

    5
    By ChubbzJenkins
    It won’t be a lot im just thanking bark for actually creating something useful and worthwhile for the better of our future generations
  • Inaccurate

    2
    By J..Andrews
    Absolutely dreadful location accuracy with fiber internet wifi connection AND full cell service. You can keep expanding your geofence until it overlaps other geofences, and all support will tell you is to keep power cycling the device 🙄
  • Wasted

    1
    By 💖✨Henley✨💖
    Hello, bark! It's Henley here; I recently wrote a review on bark kids about how it can ruin your teens life, and now I am here to write a review on the app's functionality. First of all, it should NOT cost almost 100 dollars a year to monitor what your child is doing; it should be free. Second of all, it takes up a big portion of your storage, and more storage=having to pay more money for more storage. Third, the VPN linked with bark kids glitches out almost all of my apps- it's caused me to not be able to message my friends anymore. Overall, this app is not recommended for any kids no matter their age. Edit: it can also mess with your cellular plan; I don't even have cellular data anymore because of this app
  • Customer support?

    1
    By RBrinkerhoff
    I keep getting error messages, none of my kids devices are being recognizing and customer support is non existent….. can I send this back and get my money back?
  • Map

    1
    By kainis ka
    Inaccurate location
  • Doesn’t work

    2
    By DOOLie4eva
    It worked at first, at least with some apps. But the kids find a way around it and you have to be on top of reconnecting the device, which sometimes takes a long time or doesn’t even work at all. I was never able to get an actual customer service person to help with the issues. I think it’s expensive and not worth it, so I’ve cancelled.

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