“This is a invasion of privacy — This app is perfect for anyone young and not starting middle school plus elementary school is reasonable for this stuff and I’ve read other reviews and I say I don’t agree with how bark handles monitoring…”
Public review signal · 450 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
1.3 ★9,478 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
71 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Bark Kids is the free child companion app for both Bark and Bark Jr. To use it, you’ll need to have an established Bark account and install Bark Kids on your child’s device. Here are the features this app enables:
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.
GPS-POWERED LOCATION TRACKING
Bark’s robust location tracking enables you to track your child in real time on a map. You can even find out if they’re stationary, walking, biking, or moving in a car.
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Developer replies to reviews
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Cancelling, in the store description
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Themes reported by reviewers
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Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
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Data & privacy concerns8 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
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“Spotify does not work — This app is overall a great idea. However, it eliminates the ability to have privacy, and a huge issue is that it doesn’t seem to work with Spotify. Every time I open/use the Spotify app, the VPN repeatedly turns…”
“there’s so much to improve — this is coming from a fairly mature teenager. i’ve read through reviews of people having unrealistic expectations of what this is supposed to do. i honestly don’t care that it flags bad messages, and the only…”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 5.4.0.
What this app sells
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Business modelFree
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