Bark - Parental Controls
Bark Technologies, Inc. Parenting In-app purchases
Bark detects cyberbullying, sexting, depression, etc. on social media/text/email
- Rating
- 4.0
- 11.8K ratings
- Downloads
- 1M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 19
- 2026 · v6.5.1
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About Bark - Parental Controls
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.
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.
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.
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.
User reviews
Worked great
Gives me the peace of mind!
Love the app, love the reviews. The parade of One star reviews by disgruntled teens who are being successfully monitored (and when warranted content restricted) are the equivalent of parent's 5 star reviews.
Immediately upon putting this app on our devices we received updates and indications that we did not receive with kapersky kids. It did lead to a couple of unsettling discoveries and a VERY emotional conversation with our daughter, I now feel like we are fully able to protect our children from online predators. Than...
This app has saved my daughter from being bullied and sexually harrassed by other kids in HS. I'm super thankful for everyone at Bark. You're protecting children every second of every day.
This is the best monitoring app, hands down!!
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| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bark - Parental Controls | 4.0 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | Aug 19, 2026 | |
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| Parents | 5.0 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Oct 8, 2026 | Compare |
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