Bark vs SaferKid
Learn how the Bark Premium app stacks up against SaferKid.
Compare the Features
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time.
Set bedtime and wake up times for third-party apps.
Block specific sites and apps or choose from 19 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites.
Blocks adult content and allows parents to customize and schedule for enabling/disabling apps.
Block internet access while still allowing your child to make phone calls or send texts in emergencies.
Parents are unable to pause internet access.
30+ popular apps.
Parents are unable to monitor social media.
Bark scans texts for keywords and context and sends you alerts for potential issues.
SaferKid just gives you access to texts and requires you to sift through messages to find potential issues.
Get notifications for issues like cyberbullying, sexual content, and more.
Alerts are only sent when potentially risky apps are downloaded; none are sent when the apps are used.
Check your child’s location in real time on a map.
Receive location alerts when child arrives or leaves pre-set locations.
Get your child’s exact location with check-ins.
Not available.
Keep restrictions in place no matter how YouTube is accessed while connected to Bark.
SaferKid does not indicate their services address this issue.
Just $99/year or $14/month to protect your entire family.
SaferKid costs $199.99 for 12 months.
With Bark, you can:
Monitor content
Get alerts for issues like bullying, predators, sexual content, and more.
Manage screen time
Create custom daily screen time schedules for your child’s device.
Block websites
Block access to specific websites or even whole categories.
Track location
Stay on top of your child’s location with our real-time map, location alerts, and check-ins.
Pricing & Details
- Monitor texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and platforms
- Monitor web searches and saved photos & videos
- Receive parental monitoring alerts for issues like cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more
- Get insights into your child’s digital activities
- Learn how to address issues with child-psychologist advice and tips
- Manage screen time
- Block website and apps
- Keep up with kids with location alerts and check-ins
- Free access to Talkspace Go
FAQs
Once you connect your child's devices and accounts, Bark runs quietly in the background — no daily effort needed. Here's the basic flow:
1. Bark monitors your child's online activity
Bark scans texts, social media, emails, web searches, and saved photos and videos across your child's devices. Rather than flagging every message, it uses advanced AI and natural language processing to understand context — so it knows the difference between a kid venting about homework and a kid who's genuinely struggling.
2. You get an alert when something needs your attention
If Bark detects a potential issue — like signs of bullying, predatory behavior, suicidal ideation, or explicit content — it sends you an alert right away, along with context and guidance on how to address it.
3. You stay in control of the rest
Beyond monitoring, you can manage screen time schedules, block websites and apps by category, and track your child's location with live GPS and check-ins — all from the Bark parent app. For a deeper look, visit our How Bark Works page.
The easiest way to get started is to visit our sign-up page or download the Bark parent app (iOS, Android) — from there, you'll be guided through setup step by step.
Not sure which product is right for your family? Learn more about the Bark App, Bark Phone, Bark Watch, Bark Sync, and Bark Home.
Bark's phone monitoring app for parents not only provides comprehensive coverage for all the top apps and devices, but also takes the crucial extra step of helping families navigate the issues raised by alerts.
Here's a complete list of absolutely everything Bark monitors on every device.
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Bark was created by parents, for parents, to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to help families create healthy digital habits.
