Bark - Parental Controls App SupportBark Technologies, Inc.

Bark - Parental Controls App Support

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4.13934 star

Total 22,369 Ratings

What is Bark - Parental Controls? Description of Bark - Parental Controls

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.

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  1. Bark - Parental Controls App User Reviews
  2. Bark - Parental Controls Pros
  3. Bark - Parental Controls Cons
  4. Is Bark - Parental Controls legit?
  5. Should I download Bark - Parental Controls?
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  7. Product details of Bark - Parental Controls

Bark - Parental Controls App User Reviews

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Bark - Parental Controls Pros

Teen PerspectiveAnyone who is commenting on how invasive it is should have it. If you weren’t doing anything wrong then why would you have an issue with it? I am eighteen with the responsibility to take care of my younger brothers and sisters. I don’t let them have social media anymore because of the stuff I saw the older ones doing. It’s not that I don’t trust them, I don’t trust those master manipulators from taking advantage of it. My sibilinos are intelligent, and kind but that is no weapon against someone who has a predatory agenda. This is incredible for your kids and you should have it if you choose to let them have social media. I have opted to make them not have and they are happier with it. I personally, have never partaken in it out of my own doubts and observations of peers being taken advantage of by older men assuming it made them more desirable or cool. Instead of what it really was which was predatory..Fossil234Version: 3.1.0

This app helps to keep my kids safe!I feel so much better to know there is someone helping to keep my kids and their friends safe. I am a therapist and work with mental health issues every day. I believe I have a very open and honest relationship with my teen. I believe she has more insight into mental illness and many of the dangers that are out there. So having this app has nothing to do with me not trusting her or not having an open healthy relationship and honest communication - its another way for parents to help navigate this tough world. Whether it’s my child or one of her friends thats struggling with depression or self injurious behavior or a very sick individual slowly but surely attempting to groom my child - I want that chance to be able to intervene and make aware the potential dangers. To discuss what occurred or what options there are to deal with the situation and talk it out. Beyond having the app - I had the opportunity to speak for about an hour with one of the Bark support team members and he was super helpful. All of my questions were answered and he never rushed through anything. He was kind and patient and very knowledgeable. So far I have not found anything that I would change! Thanks Bark!.PicklestrawVersion: 4.0.2

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Bark - Parental Controls Cons

This app is absurd.This app is extremely unacceptable. you’re tracking you’re children every move which causes them to not have a social life. By having this app it’s causing your children to want/ feel the need to hide more things from you. being protective of your children & trying to make sure your kids are safe is one thing but and having this app are completely different. this app makes children feel the need to hide something. most kids have nothing to hide at all and giving them this app makes them feel that you don’t trust them. your child feeling that you have no trust from them breaks family bond and causes conflict. there is absolutely no reason in the world that it’s okay for you to get a notification when ur child sent a text message. that’s absurd. if you want to be in ur child’s life so bad then be a better parent & create a trusting relationship. if you want your child to be the weird kid that has to hide everything from their parent and have no trust then get this app!.ThisappisabsurdVersion: 5.2.5

This is How SkyNet BeginsWe were initially happy with the app as it showed us some of the content our son was seeing and prevented him from staying on his phone late at night. Unfortunately, it become more problematic as time went on. Any software update meant I had to manually reset everything in the app and in iOS. This happened several times a week and was definitely a burden. The phone then began to lose functionality. Texting and calling was sporadic, googling anything was impossible, Find a Phone didn’t work, the phone couldn’t be synched or backed up, the Wi-Fi connection would get blocked and we ended up getting overage charges because of it. Worse still, trying to remove the app is a challenge. It does not want to go (hence the SkyNet reference). I can’t fully delete it and it won’t let me reset the phone either. It blocks any attempt to reset the password or connect to the internet. I’ve had to reach out to Apple to see if they can remotely change the password. It will take several days if it can even be done And, this is after I cancelled the service and removed my son’s phone from monitoring. Yup, it continues to block most access to the phone even after I’ve asked it to stop. In a few years, this app will likely kill us all. My recommendation, steer clear of this and hope there’s a John Conner out there..BaggyPantsDevilVersion: 5.2.5

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Is Bark - Parental Controls legit?

Yes. Bark - Parental Controls is 100% legit to us. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 22,369 Bark - Parental Controls user reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, AppSupports Legitimacy Score for Bark - Parental Controls is 81.8/100.


Is Bark - Parental Controls safe?

Yes. Bark - Parental Controls is quiet safe to use. This is based on our NLP analysis of over 22,369 user reviews sourced from the IOS appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.1/5. AppSupports Safety Score for Bark - Parental Controls is 82.3/100.


Should I download Bark - Parental Controls?

There have been no security reports that makes Bark - Parental Controls a dangerous app to use on your smartphone right now.


Bark - Parental Controls Screenshots

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Product details of Bark - Parental Controls

App Name:
Bark - Parental Controls
App Version:
5.3.5
Developer:
Bark Technologies, Inc.
Legitimacy Score:
81.8/100
Safety Score:
82.3/100
Content Rating:
12+ May contain content unsuitable for children under the age of 12!
Category:
Productivity, Utilities
Language:
EN   
App Size:
19.50 MB
Price:
Free
Bundle Id:
us.bark.barkconnectiosapp
Relase Date:
25 September 2019, Wednesday
Last Update:
03 October 2023, Tuesday - 00:01
Compatibility:
IOS 12.0 or later

Bark - Parental Controls 5.3.5 Update Note
✱ Version History

Fix hang when opening links from QR codes.

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