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Bark provides families with 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 text messages, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for issues like cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, adult content, sexual predators, profanity, 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 HOME When you purchase Bark Home, a small device sold separately that connects to your Wi-Fi router, you can use our app to manage screen time and filter websites and apps on all of the Wi-Fi-connected devices in your home, from smart TVs and video game consoles to laptops and tablets. Bark Home requires an active Bark subscription. PRICING Bark, our comprehensive online safety solution, includes content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering. Bark is $14/month — or $99 annually. Bark Jr provides screen time management and web filtering for $5/month or $49 annually. SETTING UP BARK After you download the Bark app for parents and guardians, you’ll need to download the Bark for Kids app to your child’s device to enable monitoring, screen time management, and more. Visit www.bark.us/android to install it.
Updated
1787139532000
Category
Parenting
Downloads
500,000+
Current Version
6.5.1
Requires
Android 8.0 and up
Content Rating
Rated for 3+
2,344 reviews
I'm a kid on the official bark pro phone and the messages app is extremely slow and unreliable and won't automatically switch between light and dark mode. And disconnects from VPN constantly. No I do not wanna talk to your support team this is a software issue not an I'm doing something wrong. Please! fix it developer's
Developer response
Aug 27, 2026
We're sorry for the frustration you're dealing with on your Bark Phone Pro, that's not the experience we want for you. We get not wanting to reach out to support, but please ask your parents to contact us here: https://info.bark.us/customersupport. This is the best way for us to help get everything sorted out and fixed up. 💙
inhumane
I'm relieved 😌 Thank you Jesus for all you do
Developer response
Aug 25, 2026
Thank you! We appreciate your support!
Am I logged in as my child or the parent? When I fill out a weekly questionnaire, my request is recorded as the child. Also, the menu disappeared so I can no longer contact help or support. We're looking to switch from Bark to a more reliable service.
Developer response
Aug 25, 2026
We're sorry to hear this has been your experience! Please reach out to help@bark.us, so we may assist you.
i am a child with this app and lemme tell you it's the worst in existence. almost everything I text gets flagged to my parents seriously I was only trying to tell my friend something related to weapons and also the monthly data skyrocket to full in like 2 days so I can't even use my phone in public. I feel like there are strings attached to me and are being pulled by my parents dont reccomend to have please don't get it. secret: you can bypass bark by spamming in settings you can access anything
Developer response
Aug 19, 2026
Hi there! Parents do not get access to every single message their child sends or receives–we only alert to potential concerns. We suggest you have a conversation with your parent about how you are feeling.
Im on my moms account saying this with my opinion. This app is absolutely ridiculous. My mom got a alert one time at 3 am saying I said f you to my friends but I never did. I was asleep. Bark, FIX YOUR APP. PLEASE.
Developer response
Aug 24, 2026
Hi! If your mom is experiencing issues with the app, our team is available to help here: https://info.bark.us/customersupport. 🧡
Constantly disconnects, so hard to use. Nearly impossible to figure out how to cancel the subscription.
Developer response
Aug 24, 2026
We're sorry to hear this! It's certainly not a typical experience. Our team is available to help here: https://info.bark.us/customersupport
For some reason. It 12 itself, and I'm having to reinstall it.
Developer response
Aug 24, 2026
Hi there! How can we help? Please reach our team here for best assistance: https://info.bark.us/customersupport
Terrible
Developer response
Aug 21, 2026
Hi Tristen, we're sorry to hear you're unhappy with Bark. Our support team would love to learn more about the difficulties you're facing and help in any way they can to get you to a better place. Please reach out to them here: https://info.bark.us/customersupport. We're here to support you. 💙
Set up as terrible And getting help is worse than setting up..
Developer response
Aug 21, 2026
Hi Donya! We're sorry to hear you are struggling to set up Bark–this isn't the experience we want for anyone. Our support team would be happy to help you one-on-one. For best assistance, could you please reach out at info.bark.us/customersupport We're here for you!