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AmazingOne day I read my child’s texts (he was 16) and he was flirting with a girl!!! 🫢🫢🫢 First I deleted the phone number and then installed bark. Now whenever he flirts it sends alerts!!! Then when he was 17 I found out he was trans (she hasn’t come out to me but I get alerts from anything important online) and for some reason is mad at me because “I ruined her life and her plans to come out”. Then my kid went missing for 6 months and came home at age 18 and yelled that she hated me and “bark is the reason our family fell apart.” And my daughter said “but dad is nice” and it hurt me so much. And then my husband divorced me and I now work part time at a gas station and I am addicted to crack. 😊😊😊 definitely recommend! ☺️☺️☺️ (also don’t go to rehab if ur addicted to crack it’s borrrriiinnnnggggggg).Version: 5.3.1

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!.Version: 4.0.2

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..Version: 3.1.0

The app is actually great!I know kids don’t like apps where parents can spy on them, however this app doesn’t just let your parents read all your private chats. This app only picks up “alerts”. Alerts work by picking gaps of dangerous texts by categorizing them into areas such as “depression”, “suicidal thoughts”, “violence”, “sexual content”, etc. I am a kid writing this, and my parents have used this on me and my sister. As a 15 year old, you would believe myself to be mad at this, but this app is supposed to help you and your parents. To let you see what you yourself are doing, and letting your parents help you through any problems you have. My parents agreed not to read any texts without my permission. This tactic of approaching matters helped me to be a lot more honest with my parents and I had more trust in them. Instead of snooping and forcing their way into my private life, my parents let me bring it to them. Overall, I think this app is really helpful. I know kids will automatically believe their parents are spying on them, but that’s just not the case. Kudos to the maker of this app!.Version: 3.1.1

Older Teen PerspectiveI honestly wish this was something I had to keep me safe when I was younger, I’m 18 now and most of the 1 star rating are from young, easily to manipulate teens who haven’t seen the bad thing in the world that will hurt them. This app is wonderful and helps parents know what’s happening so they can know what they may need to discuss with their kids. This app help protect children from bullying, death threats, child grooming, and pedos, which none of these younger teens most likely don’t understand what that’s like. I this app will help not only your kid but parents too! Parents will know that a grown man who’s 43 is talking to their 11 year old and is asking for inappropriate things. There have been cases of children meeting online friends and are found dead or kidnapped! There are sick and twisted people out there and this app protects children from them. Thank you for making such an amazing app! You younger teens can be upset that you’re being monitored but your gonna be thankful that your parents helped you not be manipulated by a stranger. The internet is very dangerous and do not trust online strangers no matter what..Version: 3.1.1

The best monitoring app I’ve triedThis is honestly the best monitoring app I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a few. Yes, iPhones are tricky and you have to install iTunes on a laptop and go through a whole set up. But after the initial install it has managed itself. Every now and then my laptop will unsync with the wifi and I have to link it again, but as soon as I do, I can see my daughter’s phone being backed up into iTunes. My recommendation is to go read the Bark Kids reviews. They’re comedy gold. They are so angry with this app doing what it was designed for. If only they understood that the app actually helps maintain a sense of privacy because it only alerts when there’s something wrong so parents don’t have to physically take the phone and read through all the typical teenage angst and rants. My advice: never freak at the alerts, open and read the content before approaching your child. I once got a suicide alert and what I read broke my heart. A friend’s mother had attempted suicide and the friend was sharing with my child. I had time to process how I wanted to approach this subject with my child (we had never talked about suicide) and we had a great talk. I purchased the annual membership right away..Version: 5.2.0

Absolutely incredible appWe installed this app as a way to monitor my 13 year old daughter’s online activity. I wanted her to be able to maintain some privacy while also being able to be alerted to items that I needed to see. No parent truly wants to read all of the messages between their teen daughter and her friends. This app allowed me to monitor what I needed to see and have very honest conversations with my daughter. Unfortunately, my daughter was targeted by a predator and began the grooming process. Bark alerted me to the issue and we were able to address it and file a police report. Bark has worked directly with the detectives providing much needed information to them. This app has allowed me to focus on getting my daughter the support she needs while Bark could provide the information needed for the investigation. It has given our family peace of mind. Although the annual cost may seem steep, it is definitely worth the cost for our family!.Version: 4.0.8

Almost perfect: a teen perspectiveHey! as a 14 year old, i think this app is a great idea. it keeps kids safe and lets their parents know if anything is wrong. i also appreciate the privacy for the teen as well. i have two concerns tho. one, how do i know that yall dont use data collected from my phone and sell it online, or have people look through my text and web history? there is a privacy concern there that i have an issue with. secondly, i think the software is slightly too sensitive. i know that this kind of app is difficult to develop and hone, but i wish that my parents would stop getting alerts for random memes and my friends and i talking about people we “like”. its slightly annoying 😒. but other than that, keep up the good work protecting kids! EDIT: so i got a dev response to my questions, and im pretty satisfied with the answers, the data purge option and the sensitivity settings. thank you! i will now bestow on thee five stars! yall are awesome!.Version: 4.0.8

Point of view from a teen.Hello! I’m an older teenager now and I so wish my parents had something like this on my phone. I was a trustworthy kid, but so much happened online that my parents never knew about. Strange men messaging me, boyfriends asking for sexual pictures, bullying, and countless other things. I know most teenagers would tell their parents that this shows a lack of trust or an invasion of privacy, but as someone who is older I would have really appreciated it for my parents to do this. For them to actually know what was going on in my life. Sometimes adults can feel unapproachable for fear of punishment/not being believed, if they minimize how you’re feeling/tell you it’s not a big deal, or react negatively. There are so many dangers online, and so many bad things a young person can get into like pornography or worse. Knowing your child is safe is worth them potentially being upset with you for a while. Any kid who has faced the horrors online would say the same thing. Being concerned for your teenagers safety is not a bad thing, that makes you a good parent for caring about your child. Take it from a teenage girl..Version: 4.0.6

Excellent App for a Digital WorldI was concerned about the reviews and then realized almost all the negative reviews are from teens. Of course... I’ll tell you what I tell my kids, parents are only caring about you by getting this app. No privacy? It does the the exact opposite and lets you have privacy, but only alerts parents about things they should know about. This is an amazing tool to have as a parent in a digital world. Only the kids doing untrustworthy things are the ones flipping out over this. I will always trust my kids until they break my trust. And sorry, but you are still kids. You don’t need 100% privacy. Parents have every right to make sure you are safe, it’s called good parenting and I hate to sound like every other parent out there, but “you’ll understand one day when you are a parent.” I am so glad this app exists so I can be a non invasive parent, but also a loving and caring parent..Version: 3.0.2

Absolutely recommend!I am that parent that believes a child doesn’t need a phone. BUT a situation happened to us that was very scary. My 10yr old had an after school activity and it was set up by the teacher that parents would pick the kids up on the west side of the building. When I got there, my 10yr old wasn’t there. We spent 10 minutes looking for my child. Come to find out her and a friend didn’t follow instructions and exited on the east side of the building. I found her safely across the street from the school. Only to discover her crying because while she was waiting for me, a man drove up to her, rolled down his window and tried to talk to her. After that, I never wanted to feel that helpless feeling and her to feel so unsafe. So we discovered bark! Since she isn’t ready to have full access that a cellphone allows, we’re able to modify settings but still be able to get in touch with her if there’s ever any type of miscommunication or anything. The app is extremely user friendly!!!.Version: 5.3.1

Bc I can’t trust other kids..My 13 yr old daughter was asked for nudes by a 13 yr old boy. I had to find this boy’s father and tell him what had happened. I trust my daughter to do the right things and in this instance she swore him out (we were actually proud of her for that) and told him no. I do not trust other kids to not send her things that she doesn’t even want, or pictures of them nude, which btw a child can be prosecuted for having child pornography on their phone even if it’s their boyfriend or girlfriend. The teenagers scoring this low are either doing things they are not suppose to do, or their parents have not explained to them that it’s the lack of trust in other kids and their parents. Let’s face it, not all parents take the time to actually teach their kids right from wrong or have the tough conversations with them.. I know my parents didn’t. For the parents reading this review, it would be a good idea to learn about new tech and apps and look them up before allowing your kids to have them.. ex: Snapchat was literally created to send pornographic images between adults.. and it deletes the pics unless the other person saves. Your kid might not be sending nudes, but it doesn’t mean someone isn’t sending it to your kid..Version: 4.0.2

Absolutely Amazing!EVERY parent needs this app if your child has any devices and or social media!!! My son is 13 and I wish I had known about this app a lot sooner! I have the peace of mind knowing my child is safe and his mind and spirit aren’t being polluted with trash that is so easily accessed online these days. The fact that this technology is there to help protect our children at a decent price is, priceless! Worth every single penny!!! Thank you to the developers of Bark, for inventing this safeguard for children! You have one grateful Mom here and I will continually sing the praises of this app and referring my family and friends!! Our children are are greatest gift, we must protect them from all of the dangers that are unnecessary and lurking for any opportunity to devour, and hurt our kids!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!.Version: 5.1.1

Parents I STRONGLY support and recommendAs a parent of three daughters, I was suspecting that my girls were getting into some shady activities behind parents' closed doors. This led me to uncover some serious sexual activity. Follow your heart, don't let your feelings lead you astray. Act now to prevent your child from becoming a victim of a sick person. Thank you for helping me uncover things I wasn't aware of, Bark. My support for parents and this app is 100%. It has my highest recommendation. I am truly grateful our girls have faith and trust in their parents. Our main concern Is to make sure that our kids are safe and protected and this app has allowed me to do exactly that. Other "kids" giving such negative attitude reviews on this app shows and proves that they don't have any trust in their parents to begin with, and they are just being malicious and irresponsible. My opinion, 100%. As a parent, I have never been a fan of any social media app, because most of them have nothing but sick minded, perverted people on them... This is why kids are becoming victims of sex trafficking or being attacked by online predators these days..Version: 5.2.5

Don’t let the bad reviews stop you from using this app for your kids!As one can see, Bark has a bad rating due to kids/teens who have submitted reviews because they don’t like their parents monitoring their phones. Parents—do NOT let this dissuade you from purchasing this valuable parenting tool! We are parents and it is our job to teach our children how to responsibly use technology. Bark is an invaluable tool for me as a parent. It has opened up the lines of communication between me and my teen to discuss how to make good choices, what is appropriate and how to be a responsible user of technology. Many times my teen has expressed relief and gratitude for Bark allowing me to help him navigate technology. This app is a must have for any parent!! I cannot express enough how thankful I am that Bark exists. The app is so user friendly and easy to set up. We have experienced no slowness and use it on multiple devices. I have the iOS app and my son has the android—not are simple and easy to use. Thank you so much Bark!.Version: 4.0.8

5 stars after help from tech support!We have tried many different monitoring apps, and honestly at first, I was very frustrated with Bark. In fact, I logged into the account on my computer in order to cancel it, and found some very interesting texts that my child had sent. It was not working as it should though, so I sent an email to customer support and received a reply within minutes. The tech-support actually scheduled a phone call within a couple hours. The gentleman spent over an hour with me and we finally got everything working. I absolutely could not have done it without him! Now, I can truly say with the help of tech-support, this is probably my most favorite child monitoring app. It caught some critical issues that other apps missed. 10 stars for customer service!.Version: 5.2.5

Parents rate this 5 stars. Kids rate this 1 star.After several bullying and sexting incidents with my daughter and her “friends” we installed bark to monitor her online behavior. It has helped draw a line in the sand over what’s acceptable technology use and what’s not. Now We can protect her better from incidents. Teens will rate this app 1 star but really if they are acting appropriately then they should have nothing to hide. Don’t get fooled by the negative reviews here. They’re all from disgruntled kids who want to do things they’re not supposed to be doing. The app doesn’t provide a transcript of all texts and activities. It just gives an alert when something suspicious comes up. Kids still have privacy. Additionally I couldn’t get bark to work with my computers firewall but a tech support call helped solve that problem easily..Version: 4.0.6

From a Parents perspective - a useful conversation starterThe Bark app has been very helpful in flagging topics for my wife and I to be able to discuss with our daughter. The software is very helpful and picking up on potential issues. The app sometimes flags items that may not be relevant but I prefer getting more notices then less and it is still much more efficient and can point us in the areas to focus on. This is Especially true when we are not able to completely review her usage. We are trying to find opportunities to help teach and have an open dialogue with my daughter and I think the ark app is a great tool and a way to bring things to the light. I would highly recommend it for families that are trying to navigate our current communication and social media. My suggestion for families would be to help explain to our kids why we use apps like this and to take the extra steps to talk through why with them. Thank you..Version: 3.1.0


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