Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls

By Bark Technologies, Inc.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2019-09-25
  • Current Version: 6.7.1
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 53.28 MB
  • Developer: Bark Technologies, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Score: 4.2
4.25175
From 36,334 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 help@bark.us 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

  • Disappointed in the watch overall.

    1
    By JamFeld
    We do not have the phone, but I did get a watch for my nine-year-old. The location tracking and the ability to text or call are limited. Often the location can’t be determined or if it does track her location, it shows she is 7 blocks away from her actual location. Unfortunately, the text and phone calls are spotty as well I often cannot get through to her until she’s actually with me, and then the watch will alert her that she received my calls or messages. Troubleshooting is very difficult because you cannot talk to a live agent. It’s an AI bot chat only. We’ve had this for a month, and now I’m stuck with a watch payment, and failing attempts at canceling a useless subscription. I am extremely disappointed after seeing so many online reviews and reels that tempted me to purchase this for her safety.
  • this app SUCKS DONT GET

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    By Joemamamayvyvy
    this app ruined my phone and can’t use anything before the time that is set. For example I set the time to 10 PM I can’t use my phone until 10pm that is the time it is supposed to turn off my phone RIGHT nope it just broke it
  • Stops working when it needs an update which is ALWAYS

    1
    By Tryin momma
    I am very disappointed with bark services and feel like I am wasting money on it’s services. I got Bark to monitor my 7 and 8 year old’s devices when they got a phone at their dad’s house. Whenever the Bark app on the kid’s phone needs an update, it stops sending alerts to the parents. The app has been needing a new update almost every dang week since we got the phones a few months ago. So if they are at their dad’s house when it needs updated, they have to go without monitoring until i can get their phones back days later. Half the time i dont even get notified that the app needs updated. My 8 year old just got caught by her dad today with an adult book app on her phone. Was not notified at all by the app that she had even downloaded a new app on her own or that she was looking at that rated material. Go to look on my end and the app needs updated AGAIN. So her phone is just taken away and i have no contact with her anymore while she is at her dads because obviously we can’t give the phone back unprotected. Bark has been such a hassle and seems poorly set up.
  • Made things up

    1
    By Stroud.miles
    Bark said my child was doing somthing bad on google, but I saw his search history, he did not!!! IM VERY MSD ABOUT THIS!! Got my kid an apple instead
  • Support is extremely unhelpful

    1
    By Lizmc1993
    Support told me I could use a device that wasn’t from bark. When I asked if I could still use the device monitoring got a resounding yes as long as the device was eSIM compatible. Now that I have a new phone, I am now being told that I can only use them as a carrier.
  • Unable to access app or support

    2
    By Chadilac702
    I have been using this app for my teenager for the past few years. For the past few days, I haven't been able to access the app or contact support. I click on the app, and within a few seconds. Takes me out of the request.
  • App and watch are glitchy

    1
    By JillcNYC
    I’m such a big fan of Bark and everything they do. We’ve had the watch for 14 months and it has stopped reliably communicating with the app within the last month. I’ve been in touch with customer service about this and their solution so far has been to just buy another watch and they say it’s not their problem to fix. This isn’t a reasonable solution. The watch is insured but because it’s not broken, insurance doesn’t cover it but they don’t seem concerned about the tech not working. I’m going to give it another month but I may be canceling and switching to a different option if this doesn’t get resolved. I need to be able to track my 9 year old’s location for after school activities and if that feature isn’t working then I can’t stay with the brand which is really disappointing as I’d planned to stick with them through high school for both my kids and that may not be possible if the products and tech don’t work.
  • Confusing setup

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    By Surrea1ist
    Cumbersome and not user friendly to set up safari monitoring. It would not recognize my daughters device even though all settings are proper. You also have to utilize either a desktop app that needs to remain on and connected to WiFi, or a separate monitoring peripheral that you must purchase. None of this info is clear until after you agree to a subscription service. Extremely disappointing and frustrating. Edit: thanks for the response and offer for support. I have an email chain that is 50 messages long with your support regarding overall confusion of setup and my end goal of simply monitoring safari activity. The agents provided conflicting information, furthering confusion over how this ridiculous app is supposed to function. I encourage you to read the entire support thread. This entire experience was a complete waste of time for a service that is misleading and confusing.
  • As a teen with this app

    3
    By Rylee knaub
    Many teens review this app to complain about their privacy being violated by their parents. I’m not here to do that. I’m glad my parents care about my safety, and it honestly hasn’t changed our relationship like some others. I don’t mind giving up some privacy in exchange for safety. What I dont appreciate however is the insane amount of glitches when connected to the “bark box.” When at home, the amazing wifi my family pays extra for just does not work on a phone connected to barks system. Apps don’t work even when my parents have no restrictions set in place, i can’t open photos anybody sends me, and I have to reset my phone everyday just for a few minutes of working internet. Like I said, my parents have no time restrictions on my apps, it’s just my phone being extremely slow because of the bark app. My parents have expressed how frustrated it makes them multiple times to bark representatives, and they have not given us a solid answer other than “reset the phone” which only works around 4/10 times…very disappointing and irritating for both me and my parents.
  • Garbage parental control

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    By Works for toddlers and babies
    Depends on a vpn functionality. Child goes into setting and turns off vpn and there goes the barks app purposes. What a gimmick of an app. There way of handling that is to explain to child how important it is for parents to disrupt child’s usage of the device.

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