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Bark App Reviews

Reviews for Bark aggregated across 30 storefronts on App Store and Google Play.

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About this app

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 help@bark.us or visit help.bark.us to get answers and advice from the Bark Team. Terms of Use https://www.bark.us/terms

Source: App Store listing

Avg Rating
3.9
Reviews Analyzed
110
Storefronts
30
Authenticity
100/100
No suspicious patterns detected -- authenticity score 100/100

Rating Distribution

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Reviews by Country

UAEGoogle Play1N/AN/A
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
AustraliaGoogle Play011,6113.6
Users consistently praise Bark's ability to identify inappropriate communications and provide safety monitoring for children with specific v...
BrazilGoogle Play1N/AN/A
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
CanadaGoogle Play011,6113.0
Users praise the app's safety features and monitoring capabilities, but consistently report significant technical problems including glitchy...
GermanyGoogle Play2N/AN/A
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
DenmarkGoogle Play011,6113.9
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
SpainGoogle Play4N/AN/A
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
FranceGoogle Play211,6113.4
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
IndiaGoogle Play011,6113.0
Users consistently praise the app's protective capabilities but frequently report that it malfunctions with inaccurate location tracking, ex...
IcelandGoogle Play011,6113.9
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and alert features for monitoring younger children, but overwhelmingly complain abo...
United StatesGoogle Play10011,6113.9
Users consistently praise the Bark Watch's ease of setup and effectiveness in alerting parents to concerning content, but overwhelmingly com...
Google Play served the identical review set for Australia, Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia as another English-language storefront above -- Play does not segment reviews by country the way the App Store does, so these are not counted twice.
37 additional storefronts checked with zero reviews: UAE, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Indonesia, Ireland, India, Iceland, Italy, Italy, Japan, Japan, South Korea, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands, Norway, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Sweden, Singapore, United States

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Recent Reviews

US ·Google Play
2026-09-12

I hate this app it doesn't work at all and I followed all the instructions and still hard.

Kitanalee Torres
US ·Google Play
2026-09-12

not worth the money it doesn't even work

Felicia Coleman
US ·Google Play
2026-09-11

I wish I could give this zero stars. Our experience started off great and went down hill after 2 days of using the watch and app. The gps is constantly off base of where my kid is, which was the main point of getting a watch. Also the quality of the calls is always spotty. Day 2 of having her own watch and number my child was receiving spam messages from contacts other than her approved list. We will be using another company from now on.

Alaina Demastrie
US ·Google Play
2026-09-11

If you need something to monitor your kids online should they even be online???

Timothy Lunsford
US ·Google Play
2026-09-11

I HATE Bark thanks to yall im 15 and my parents put this on my phone for 4 yrs and this isnt fair who ever came up with this parental stuff u ruined everything I have yall and family link my mom blocks all my apps she wont even let me do socials and stuff yall sucks and I hate that yall do this to us this isnt fair I have to go to school ever day and ppl do whatever they want on their phone this is just ridiculous I cant stand yall I wish yall never created. this is was makes me sheltered.

Naeja
US ·Google Play
2026-09-11

faulty app that kids can manipulate. set time parameters often dont work.

Heather Evanoff
US ·Google Play
2026-09-09

overall Bark aupport is horrendous. the support staff all have a very thick accent that makes them difficult to understand. when you ask them to slow down and enunciate, they get ioenly frustrated. asked to speak to aomeone with a better grasp of the english language and was "transferred" but was actually hing up on by Duvan. not confidence building since I just went all on on purchasing the app and associated home box for our family. Dont know how they get such good ratings.

Jake
US ·Google Play
2026-09-08

Hello guys I was wondering why RCS isn't a think yet. I'm so tired of the tiny blurry videos I receive and the crazy size limit. I'd like the details of the RCS situation. And when it auto light/dark the messages app doesn't automatically change between dark and light mode with the rest of the phone which is super annoying and clearly an easy fix so 🙏 🙏 🙏 fix it. And I'd also like to know the exact size limit and some strategies to get things to go through. on an official bark pro phone.

Aiden Hatch
US ·Google Play
2026-09-07

don't upgrade to the Samsung 8 watches. they don’t track or update on the map or the home screen of the Bark app at all for locations. they don’t send out alarts either. my children have been home for 3 days and still shows them visit their grandma house from the Saturday. because the app didn't update the location my son got lost in her neighborhood. we couldn't find his live ping on the map it took us 1 hour to locate him. thank alot for send out watches that don't update on the parents app.

Kelly Mayfield
US ·Google Play
2026-09-07

Was ok in the beginning but has become a nightmare to deal with now. Ai doesn't do what it says it did. Can't allow permissions as a parent. Permissions will just dissappear randomly. Customer service is very time consuming. I should be able to change setting on her device directly in the settings with a device code rather than have it locked up by your system that does not work. And the worst of all is when you get 3 false alerts within a few hours of my daughter searching up something horrible

Blittz Petty
US ·Google Play
2026-09-07

let me explain why bark is The. Worst. my mother gets flagged for me sending a songs on spotify that i never ever sent. it said there was an alert for sexual content and it sent screenshots of 'messages i sent' and while i had never seen these, it was saying it was from me. we decided it was a spotify issue and switched over to apple music. however, after we deleted spotify, she starts getting flagged for messages on other apps. dont use bark. its a total scam.

Shannon Woodward
US ·Google Play
2026-09-06

Great

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