In partnership with parents and schools:
- 5.7 million children protected.
- 285 thousand severe self-harm situations detected.
- 2.1 million severe bullying situations detected.
The Best Comprehensive Parental Control Tool for Families
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.
Amazon mobile devices.
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.
Amazon mobile devices.
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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.
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.
Manage
Decide not only when your kids can access the internet on their devices, but also what sites they can visit.
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.
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
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
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.
In 2020, Bark analyzed more than 2.1 billion messages across texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms. Read the full report from our 2020 case study. These findings exclude school-based accounts.
Violence
88.5% of tweens and 94.1% of teens expressed or experienced violent subject matter/thoughts.
Mental Health
45.5% of tweens and 66.3% of teens engaged in conversations about depression.
Bullying
76.7% of tweens and 82.0% of teens experienced bullying as a bully, victim, or witness.
Drugs/Alcohol
78.0% of tweens and 91.1% of teens engaged in conversations surrounding drugs/alcohol.
Self-Harm/Suicide
41.4% of tweens and 66.6% of teens were involved in a self-harm/suicidal situation.
Sexual Content
70.9% of tweens and 87.9% of teens encountered nudity or content of a sexual nature.
Bark actually notified us of serious suicidal thoughts and our son just
completed a two week stint in the hospital where he received treatment
and was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Thanks to the app we
were notified. We are very appreciative.
— Bark Dad
Bark [is] the best $9 I spend every month. My daughter was
cyberbullied a few months ago and it’s easier to monitor any
concerns without totally invading her privacy. I only get
notifications if there are items of concern (sex, depression,
bullying, profanity, etc.) Totally worth it!
— Bark Mom
Brilliant & simple way to help keep my kids safer online.
— Bark Dad
What I appreciate the most is the ability to monitor without
snooping. This allows my children to maintain a sense of
independence and privacy, while allowing me the opportunity to
involve myself only when necessary to provide guidance. It helps me
grow future responsible, productive adults.
— Bark Dad