How To Install Bark On Child's Phone

Bark Kids is the free child companion app for both Bark and Bark Jr. To use information technology, y'all'll need to have an established Bark business relationship and install Bark Kids on your child'south device. Hither are the features this app enables:

SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT

Families can set up healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children'due south devices tin can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).

Spider web FILTERING

Our spider web filter lets you select which websites your child tin can admission on their devices. You can allow or cake specific sites — or even whole categories similar streaming services, online gaming, sexual content, and more.

Check-INS

Check-Ins are an like shooting fish in a barrel way for families to become peace of listen when their kids are out and about. Rather than sending a "Did you get in that location?" or "Where are you?" text, you can rely on a GPS-based location confirmation from your children to verify that they've safely arrived at their destinations. It can even give you footstep-by-step directions via Google Maps so you can meet them where they are if necessary.

PERSONAL ACCOUNT CONNECTIONS

The Bark Kids app allows kids to connect their own accounts to Bark'due south monitoring service (non available with Bark Jr). By assuasive them to connect directly to our monitoring service, they get more privacy without having to share their usernames or passwords.

WHAT PARENTS ARE Saying

- "My wife and I Dear Bark. We've had some tough but productive conversations with our 13-twelvemonth-quondam son. It's proving to be extremely valuable." — Josh L.

- "Information technology'due south just another set of protections we every bit parents requite our kids for the digital environment (or as my x-twelvemonth-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'due south since said she's grateful that I saw those letters because it reaffirmed what she was feeling but didn't know how to verbalize without sounding sensitive." — Bawl Parent

- "Bark notified me that my immature daughter had unknowingly revealed her phone number to strangers on Twitter. The fact that Bawl notified me was impressive and led to an informative discussion with her the aforementioned day." — Jon B.

- "Since Bark alerted the states to the suicidal linguistic communication used in the Google physician that was being used in a chat document with a friend, nosotros have seen both a pediatrician and a licensed advisor. 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 accept ever known about otherwise. The big deviation betwixt Bark and other "Parental Control" software is that Bark allows your kids to have so much more privacy. Information technology doesn't show you lot everything they do, but sends an instant warning regarding any activeness that might be concerning. Highly recommended!" — Bark Parent

With Bark, yous can assistance proceed your kids safe both online and in real life. Effort it out for seven days absolutely gratis!

Our Family Online Safety Specialists are standing by to help answer whatsoever questions yous might have. Email help@bark.usa or visit help.bark.us to get answers and advice from the Bawl Team.

Improve reliability of messaging and updates while the phone is locked.

Ratings and Reviews

1.3 out of v

3.5K Ratings

Non the best

This is coming from a teens prospective. I am the type of teen who wants a little privacy. I get it that parents want to make sure in that location kids are doing good things but permit them do stuff they want. They might not practice stuff you support just before you yell at them ask them why they do it. They might not honestly understand that it's bad. Teens are figuring things out and questioning many things around this historic period. I have done something that I volition never forget. I was learning. I didn't know what annihilation meant. That'south why kids should ask at that place parents what it means. Just if there parents are decision-making they might be scared or scared that they might make it problem. I go information technology. I hate getting problem. Bark just goes to far into teens privacy. Teens can't practice what they like because parents don't like what there doing. Simply considering parents don't like it doesn't hateful y'all have to lookout everything they practice. That non really ok. Teens needs privacy. I still understand that parents want to protect there teens only y'all need to let them have space and teens are learning. It's usually a stage. When parents add together this to there teens telephone that really show the teen that they don't trust them anymore. That might really hurt the teen. When y'all download this on a teens phone your existence kind of controlling. That'southward not right at all. I just wanted to say that this app goes a fiddling to far. That's all I have to say. But thank for trying to protect the kids of the earth

Hi at that place! We tin can tell you really care about keeping kids safe. We're pitiful you experience your privacy is being taken abroad. We know what it'due south like to crave privacy - we were kids in one case too! Our mission is to help keep kids safer, while STILL giving them privacy by never showing all of their data to their parents! Parents are merely alerted to potential concerns. We sincerely promise that you have a give-and-take with your parents most what your family agrees is an appropriate and safe employ of technology and internet. 💙

Non the end of the world

(This is coming from a teen boys perspective) And then my female parent put this on my telephone because I was doing things that a 13 year old should never be doing on the cyberspace which is why information technology didn't come as a surprise to me when she put this on my phone. I really couldn't deny that I needed this sooooo yea. I understand why you would need this as a parent. Equally a teen tho information technology'southward quite annoying. One time I was talking in a group chat and we were talking about how nosotros were all gonna block someone's contact who wasn't fifty-fifty in the chat and it was reported to my mom equally bullying and she ended up using this app to notice out all the drama that was going on considering it was all counted as bullying and violence. Notwithstanding even after all this I nonetheless get the betoken of the app and it works very skilful (peradventure a fiddling too good) simply information technology's not the worst matter that's ever happened to me and I understand why this was put onto my phone. All the reviews before me are very hateful and honestly don't complain about your parents being concerned about ur well being. Does it invade a quarter of ur privacy, yes. Can it be annoying, yeah. But it's all to keep u safe and honestly people that complain that the globe is ending because of this need to get a life and stop being so hateful. It doesn't make u cool past antisocial things or using profanity all the dang time. Near people are just mad because it exposes them for what they actually do and say.

Hey there! We sincerely appreciate your honest and thoughtful insight as to our purpose, and the need for parents to help keep their kids safer! Bawl was actually created every bit a collaboration between parents and kids to let for open talks, guidance, and adjustments as kids grow and learn how to ameliorate safeguard themselves in concerning situations. We also offer more than privacy for kids than well-nigh others! 👊 Thank you for being hither. Keep growing and learning, and please stay safe! 💜

Teen POV

My parents found this app to help with a personal situation involving inappropriate ads constantly showing up on my telephone, and it was almost unavoidable with the pictures and words and everything that a younger teen shouldn't exist exposed to at that age. Many other incidents encouraged my parents to download this, and I'm very glad they did. The but problem is that bawl is a little too sensitive without the right settings, and for a while I practically couldn't exercise anything on my phone. I had it like this for 2 years, and I feel like even after I begged them to alter it just a little fleck for a long time, they still didnt, and again I'm happy they waited. It made me super careful near searching online. Now that I'1000 older information technology's become just a tiny bit harder, but now that bark is practically not existent and only alerts my parents for super bad stuff now (after a adept corporeality of research to figure it out, making the just reason I only put 4 stars is because of the complication of the settings). I feel like the settings should start off potent but gradually become more relaxed as a child matures. This app really helped me it my case, and I encourage parents to not look at the 1 star reviews by (coughing cough) irresponsible kids (cough), but go by their gut, because even though a child can be correct in some cases, a parent knows more about the safety of their child than the child themselves in some cases.

Hello at that place! Thanks for taking the time to exit us a review. We appreciate your support, and nosotros would exist happy to chat with you lot any time nigh adjusting Bark's sensitivity settings. Attain out at info.bark.us/contact 💚

The developer, Bark Technologies, Inc., indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of information equally described below. For more data, see the developer's privacy policy.

Information Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Location
Browsing History
Identifiers

Information Not Linked to You

The post-obit information may exist collected but it is not linked to your identity:

Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for instance, based on the features yous utilise or your historic period. Learn More

Information

Seller

Bark Technologies Inc

Size

xviii.1 MB

Category

Social Networking

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 11.0 or afterward.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 11.0 or later on.

Age Rating

Copyright

Price

Free

Developer Website
App Back up
Privacy Policy

More than Past This Developer