Bark - Parental Controls Software
Company Name: Bark Technologies, Inc.
About: Bark uses AI to detect issues like cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, and school shootings.
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Bark Overview
What is Bark? Bark is an app that provides families with tools to monitor and manage their children's online activity. It offers content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering to ensure that children are safe while using the internet. Bark sends alerts to parents only when potentially problematic issues occur online, giving them peace of mind while their children are online.
Features
- Content monitoring of 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.
- Screen time management that allows families to set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children's devices can connect to the internet.
- Web filtering that lets parents select which websites their child can access on their devices, allowing or blocking specific sites or whole categories like streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more.
- Testimonials from satisfied parents who have found Bark to be a valuable tool in keeping their children safe online.
- A seven-day free trial to try out the app before committing to a subscription.
- Family Online Safety Specialists available to answer any questions or provide advice to parents.
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Bark Pricing Plans
| Duration | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|
| Billed Once | $67.32 |
| Yearly Subscription | $54.00 |
**Pricing data is based on average subscription prices reported by Justuseapp.com users..
Product Details and Description of
this app 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 this app 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. this app TESTIMONIALS • "My wife and I LOVE this app. 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 this app 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.” — this app Parent • "this app notified me that my young daughter had unknowingly revealed her phone number to strangers on Twitter. The fact that this app notified me was impressive and led to an informative discussion with her the same day." — Jon B. • “Since this app 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 this app for letting us peek into our child’s mind!” — this app 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 this app and other “Parental Control” software is that this app 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!” — this app Parent With this app, 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@this app.us or visit help.this app.us to get answers and advice from the this app Team. Terms of Use https://www.this app.us/terms
Top Reviews
By RenWym87
Excellent App for a Digital World
I 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.
By BHoffman1981
App is a must with kids
The app is perfect when having teenagers. I want to give them space while also being involved. With this app I can leave them alone and allow the app to let me know when there are problems. You can look for vulgar language, violence, depression, anything. The app can detect words on top of images as well as emojis and context. Pretty amazing stuff. My daughters like it too because they feel a sense of privacy, but also know they need to make right decisions because I will get alerted. I had an issue with the desktop app and Breanna from this app was very helpful. She kept offering help until my issue was resolved.
By A nonymous76
Thank you Bark
My child’s personality had changed significantly over the past few months. Between therapy and utilizing this app (which we, of course, discussed ahead of time) we discovered there were several kids that were not only actively aggressing our child but also asking for nude photos! We were able to gently confront our child with what we found and how proud we were that they had declined forcefully to send any pictures. It opened up even more avenues of dialogue which we are so grateful for. Thank you so much this app! I can’t say enough good things about this app.
