“Signed up for a year with week free trial that we could cancel anytime, already had a phone. Found out from customer service that we can't cancel until after the trial is over and was told that we will not receive any refund as they will…”
Public review signal · 918 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.2 ★47,647 ratings
1M+Downloads
12+Age rating
32 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
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…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Hard to cancel9 reviews · user report
Data & privacy concerns5 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“horrible ... limited use with iphones .. setup is terrible.. only can be used on wifi and not mobile .. they make canceling a nightmare”
“horrible customer service. DO NOT forget your pin or your kids phone is stuck on settings it's on AND you can't cancel immediately or even at all that I've found bc no real person is in customer service. There is NO phone number and only…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.4.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown4
Lowest$5.99
Highest$99.99
Bark Monthly$14.99
Bark Jr Monthly$5.99
Bark Annual$99.99
Bark Jr Annual$49.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.