Bark vs Canopy
Learn how the Bark Premium app stacks up against Canopy.
Compare the Features
Bark vs. Canopy
Location tracking
Bark
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.
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.
Canopy
GPS map allows real-time location tracking.
GPS map allows real-time location tracking.
Blocking
Bark
Block specific sites and apps or choose from 18 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites.
Block specific sites and apps or choose from 18 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites.
Canopy
Block websites and apps and choose whether or not they’re filtered for sexual content.
Block websites and apps and choose whether or not they’re filtered for sexual content.
Screen time
Bark
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time.
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time.
Canopy
Set limits on screen time by creating daily or weekly rules for when your child can go online.
Set limits on screen time by creating daily or weekly rules for when your child can go online.
Monitoring
Bark
Bark scans text messages, emails, photos, videos, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for 18 categories including sexual content, bullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more.
Bark scans text messages, emails, photos, videos, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for 18 categories including sexual content, bullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more.
Canopy
Canopy uses artificial intelligence to scan, detect, and eliminate explicit content on web browsers and apps.
Canopy uses artificial intelligence to scan, detect, and eliminate explicit content on web browsers and apps.
Alerts for inappropriate images
Bark
Alerts are sent for inappropriate images in texts, apps, and social media.
Alerts are sent for inappropriate images in texts, apps, and social media.
Canopy
If it detects a risky photo, Canopy immediately prevents your child from accessing or sharing it until it is deleted or reviewed by you, the parent.
If it detects a risky photo, Canopy immediately prevents your child from accessing or sharing it until it is deleted or reviewed by you, the parent.
Alerts for sexual content across multiple platforms and forms of communication
Bark
Alerts are sent for both explicit images and words in text messages, photos, videos, emails, and 30+ social media platforms and apps.
Alerts are sent for both explicit images and words in text messages, photos, videos, emails, and 30+ social media platforms and apps.
Canopy
Currently, Canopy monitors all Internet browsing (including images, text, videos, and URLs), all photos taken on or downloaded to Android devices, and most photos taken on or downloaded to iOS devices. Canopy does not currently scan text messages, emails, phone calls, content within non-browser apps, or videos taken on your child’s device.
Currently, Canopy monitors all Internet browsing (including images, text, videos, and URLs), all photos taken on or downloaded to Android devices, and most photos taken on or downloaded to iOS devices. Canopy does not currently scan text messages, emails, phone calls, content within non-browser apps, or videos taken on your child’s device.
Alerts for cyberbullying, online predators, suicidal ideation, and more
Bark
Bark monitors 18 different types of potential issues, including bullying, suicidal ideation, depression, online predators, drug/alcohol use, and more.
Bark monitors 18 different types of potential issues, including bullying, suicidal ideation, depression, online predators, drug/alcohol use, and more.
Canopy
Currently only alerts for sexual content and porn.
Currently only alerts for sexual content and porn.
Add unlimited devices and kids
Bark
Just $99/year to protect your entire family and all their devices.
Just $99/year to protect your entire family and all their devices.
Canopy
3 devices: $7.99/month. 5 devices: $9.99/month. 10 devices: $15.99/month.
3 devices: $7.99/month. 5 devices: $9.99/month. 10 devices: $15.99/month.
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
$
14
/mo
USD
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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.
