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Comprehensive Android Text Monitoring

Bark’s Android text monitoring app helps keep kids safe by sending alerts about potential issues. Our comprehensive features give parents and guardians key insights into their kids’ digital worlds.

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Android text monitoring
Android text monitoring

Help Keep Your Child Safe

If you’re on the hunt for an Android text monitoring app, you most likely want the peace of mind that you’ll be alerted if your child is ever in danger. Bark does just that (and more) by monitoring the top devices, platforms, and apps kids use today for signs of potential issues.

Android text monitoring app

Apply Powerful Protection

Bark’s content monitoring features let you:

  • Receive alerts if your child encounters porn, cyberbullying, drugs, online predators, and more
  • Get key insights into your child’s online world so you can support them as they navigate technology
  • Be alerted about inappropriate emojis and slang terms your kid uses
  • Much more!
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See Critical Data

We don’t just enable content monitoring, send alerts, and call it a day. We also want to make sure that you have access to data about what your child is viewing, so you can start up a conversation, adjust expectations, or just know what’s going on.

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Android text monitoring app
Android text monitoring app

Build a Deeper Connection

Bark doesn’t just send an alert and then say, “Good luck!” We’re committed to being there with you every step of the way.

Each time our phone monitoring app for parents sends an alert, we also include information about what to do next — conversation starters, boundaries to set, and more.

Our alerts should help strengthen your bond with your child… not the opposite. We hope you use them as an opportunity to connect, teach, and grow.

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Key Android Text Monitoring Features

Real-Life Use Cases

It can sometimes be tricky to know exactly how a content monitoring app can help your family.

These examples show real ways they support kids' well-being.

Android text monitoring app

Online Predators

After Richard M. found out that a predator was sending his 10-year-old daughter messages on Reddit, he started using Bark to get alerts if anything like that happens again.

Android text monitoring app

Cyberbullying

Lisa T.’s son is autistic, and sometimes gets bullied in group chats without realizing it. She uses Bark alerts to know when it might be good to intervene and give her son support.

Android text monitoring app

Violence

School shootings are something that worries Carla F. Bark gives her peace of mind knowing she will get an alert if any threats appear in her son’s online connections.

What Parents Are Saying

  • Bark is like the Swiss Army knife of my parenting tool box

    Bark is like the Swiss Army knife of my parenting tool box. I find a new benefit of having it constantly. It’s the most helpful tool I have in keeping my teenagers safe and helping me stay in the know with their crazy world of technology.

    Cassia M.

  • A huge weight lifted

    It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders when stumbling across the Bark app.

    Jenna U.
    Jenna U.
    Mom of 3

  • Greater peace of mind

    With Bark alerts, I now have peace of mind that my kids devices are safe and I don’t have to look at everything.

    Brett K.
    Brett K.
    Dad of 3

  • Insight and conversation starters

    Best of all, the conversations we have regarding Bark alerts give me insight into my child’s world and his relationships.

    Dave C.
    Dave C.
    Dad of 4

  • It saved our family

    I just want to get on here and say PLEASE get Bark online monitoring. Yesterday it saved our family. Out of respect for our son’s privacy I won’t go into details. But I will say this: (1) we are a family who talks about EVERYTHING on the daily, I literally run a non-profit about kids and mental health… (2) he is an AMAZING, thoughtful, kind, sweet person and (3) he almost got into a situation that would have haunted him for the rest of his life. You need the open communication AND Bark to battle modern childhood.

    Cindy R.

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Comprehensive monitoring & parental control solution.

$ 14 USD /month
$ 99 USD /year with annual plan
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Features
  • Manage screen time
  • Filter which websites your kids can visit
  • Keep up with kids with location alerts and check-ins
  • Monitor texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and platforms
  • Get alerts for issues like cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more

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Our entry-level product is perfect for younger kids.

$ 5 USD /month
$ 49 USD /year with annual plan
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Features
  • Manage screen time
  • Filter which websites your kids can visit
  • Keep up with kids with location alerts and check-ins
  • Monitor texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and platforms
  • Get alerts for issues like cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more

Content Monitoring Videos

Need more information about parental monitoring — how it works, why it’s important, and more? These videos can help.

Website Content Monitoring FAQs

How does Bark's phone monitoring app for parents compare with others?

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.

How does content monitoring work?

Add one of your child's devices or social media accounts to be monitored. Then — thanks to our comprehensive AI, we'll start sending you alerts about potentially harmful activities on those devices and accounts.

You can also customize how sensitive you would like the alerts to be. Don't care about profanity but want all alerts about drugs? No problem.

What issues can Bark's parental monitoring app detect?

Bark's parental monitoring app can send alerts about cyberbullying, sexual content, online predators, depression, suicidal ideation, threats of violence, disordered eating, and more!

What platforms can be added for parental phone monitoring?

Bark's phone monitoring app for parents helps you monitor over 30 of the top social media platforms kids use, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and more. We also monitor text messages, emails, web searches, images, etc.

Here's a complete list of what Bark monitors.

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