Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls

By Bark Technologies, Inc.

  • Category: Productivity
  • Release Date: 2019-09-25
  • Current Version: 6.2.0
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 22.36 MB
  • Developer: Bark Technologies, Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
Score: 4.23457
4.23457
From 33,828 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

  • User unfriendly

    1
    By MySweet Nat
    It is super user unfriendly and complicated. I struggle with this app constantly. i’m I literally hate.
  • 0 Trust

    1
    By LibbyG.
    I’m a teen girl. That statement alone should pretty much explain most of my troubles with this app. I’m also a teen girl in marching band, and THIS app made it all a nightmare. I have to manually request contacts, which made being on group chats horrendous. I had to literally sort through numbers and pray that it was the correct person, and explain to my parents that these people wouldn’t harm me. A lot of the time, they were hesitant in trusting that the kids I had to work with were safe due to messages constantly getting flagged about shared memes. Mind you, I haven’t said a word in the gc. Rides become near impossible, I missed a few rehearsals, I felt so excluded from my community. This is just one example of this app making me lose my mind. I’m a teen girl, and quite the large amount of teens struggle with mental health, and that is especially prominent in girls. I, and I’m sure you have too, needed to vent to my friends, or a close relative. It’s pretty damn unnerving to know that someone who will react in anger can so easily see the rants I type up, so I end up just bottling it all up. That screws me over quite frequently. Well why don’t I just call them? You see I would, but verbalizing things in distress doesn’t end too well for me. Texting can be life saving, I promise you. I don’t trust my parents enough to go to them with my problems anymore. I’m scared of them, because I know that if a problem irks them enough, they’ll take measures like this. Parents considering to get this phone or app for your teen, watch out. It only sparks rebellion and sadness if you don’t handle things properly. I really wish I could talk to my parents and have civil conversations about my struggles without them snooping through everything, and that connection will keep your kids in touch with you for the long run. Growing up means making mistakes, and if your kid has a good enough relationship with you to come to you on their own with those mistakes rather than you spying on every flaw, you shouldn’t ever have to destroy their trust with this app. God bless.
  • Horrible

    1
    By Eve Elrod
    Doesnt work off of wifi only for calls and texts. Have to be outside for “cellular service” horrible
  • Terrible with iPhone

    1
    By Chubs McFatso
    This app is terrible with iPhone. It works, but the problems that arise after updates or a weird VPN issue are always a 90+ minute fix and rarely go well. In summary, you may get it to work well for a while but roughly 2x a year it will stop syncing and the repair process is painful.
  • Bark phone doesn’t work

    1
    By Ms21851
    I used to love Bark and then my child’s Bark phone stopped receiving some texts. After months of back and forth with their inefficient tech support we finally gave up and got an iPhone.
  • Service is great. Work out kinks

    4
    By Jodi1986gist
    The set up is hard. Like hours hard. And, complicated. The tracking of everything and settings is amazing. The user interface on the Home Screen is clunking and obnoxious and doesn’t show the info a person would want at quick glance
  • Terrible quality and IT support

    1
    By Cjgiffen
    We got Bark for our kids’ iPads. No matter how hard we try, the dashboard and the parental app can’t connect to the iPads and there is zero IT support. It reroutes you to the exact same useless troubleshooting advice over and over and over. We thought the problem was Apple so we foolishly bought the Bark phone. That is also terrible. My daughter can call out but it never allows her to answer her mom’s calls. I have tried myself and the phone simply does not work. It also sends constant alerts to the parental app saying that your child is at home if the phone is off when this alert has been read and closed. Looking for other options.
  • I hope this app gets deleted

    1
    By jfdyjytdjytdjytdhgrs
    The VPN SUCKS and doesn’t let your kid say what they think about a YouTube video because of the VPN and left my friend in tears. And to whoever Brandon is, FU__ you.
  • App is ok, bark phone is trash

    1
    By djjsnsnxnfnd
    Got our daughter her first cell phone and made the mistake of getting the Bark phone. It’s a Samsung product, so it runs Android OS and native apps like Google Play. However, we are having major issues with connectivity and the customer service is terrible. We are returning the device immediately.
  • Bleh

    1
    By Sharck_
    Me. Hate. Parental. Controls.

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