In partnership with parents and schools:
- 5.2 million children protected.
- 16 school shootings prevented.
- 34 thousand severe self-harm situations detected.
The Smart Way to
Keep Kids Safer Online
Bark's affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind.
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Bark helps families manage and protect their children’s online lives. We monitor 30+ of the most popular apps and social media platforms, including text messaging and email, for signs of digital dangers. Our screen time management and web filtering tools help you set healthy limits around how and when your kids use their devices. Click here for an extensive overview of what Bark monitors.
Social Media Monitoring
Bark tracks conversations and content on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, GroupMe, and more.
Text & Email Monitoring
Bark works with iOS and Android to monitor texts, photos, and videos for concerning interactions.
Screen Time & Web Filtering
Manage when your kids can access the internet and which sites are appropriate for them to visit.
24/7 Detection
Our service looks for activity that may indicate online predators, adult content, sexting, cyberbullying, drug use, suicidal thoughts, and more.
Parental Alerts
Get automatic alerts when Bark detects potential issues, along with expert recommendations from child psychologists for addressing them.
Save Time, Build Trust
Bark saves you from manually monitoring your child's activities, respecting your time and your child's privacy by only surfacing potential concerns.
How It Works
Monitor
Connect to 30+ platforms to monitor text messages, emails, and social activity for signs of harmful interactions and content. Click here for an overview of what Bark monitors.
Detect
Get automatic alerts via email and text when Bark’s algorithms detect potential risks, so you don’t have to comb through every post and text.
Alert
Our expert recommendations make it easy for parents to talk to kids about digital dangers and other sensitive online issues.
Bark is An Award-Winning Dashboard
Giving parents back their time while building trust with their kids
As a busy parent, reading every text message, post, and email just isn’t realistic.
Instead, Bark was created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe online.
Created in collaboration with child psychologists, youth advisors, digital media experts, and law enforcement professionals, Bark delivers a research-backed, kid-friendly solution for safeguarding families as technology changes how and where we communicate.
Bark has won awards from The National Parenting Center, Mom’s Choice Awards, and National Parenting Product Awards.
Partnering with pioneers in children's safety
Try Bark Free for 7 Days
Choose the plan that’s right for your family.
Our entry-level product is perfect for younger kids and helps parents and guardians:
- Manage screen time
- Filter which websites your kids can visit
- Keep up with kids with location check-ins
With our comprehensive parental intelligence solution, families can:
- Monitor texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and platforms
- Get alerts for issues like cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more
- Manage screen time
- Filter which websites your kids can visit
- Keep up with kids with location check-ins
UNLIMITED ACTIVITIES
Both plans are just one price regardless of the size of your family — or the number of devices they have.
STATE-OF-THE-ART SECURITY
Protecting your family’s data and privacy is one of our highest priorities. All data is kept secure with encryption.
WORLD-CLASS SUPPORT
Need help getting set up? Our experienced support team is here to help you get the most out of our services.
Results From Our 2019 Case Study
In 2019, Bark analyzed more than 873.8 million messages across texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms. Click here to read the full report. These findings exclude school-based accounts.
VIOLENCE
86.8% of tweens and 89.6% of teens expressed or experienced violent subject matter/thoughts.
MENTAL HEALTH
55.1% of tweens and 67.1% of teens engaged in conversations about depression.
CYBERBULLYING
76.2% of tweens and 78.4% of teens experienced cyberbullying as a bully, victim, or witness.
DRUGS/ALCOHOL
75.5% of tweens and 84.6% of teens engaged in conversations surrounding drugs/alcohol.
SELF-HARM/SUICIDE
35.1% of tweens and 54.4% of teens were involved in a self-harm/suicidal situation.
SEXUAL CONTENT
70.7% of tweens and 84.0% of teens encountered nudity or content of a sexual nature.
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