Bark vs Net Nanny
Learn how the Bark Premium app stacks up against Net Nanny.
Compare the Features
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time.
Set specific times of the day when your kid can be online.
Block specific sites and apps or choose from 19 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites — all on any browser.
Block selected apps and sites on iOS.
Scans online activities like texts, emails, and social media platforms for concerning content.
YouTube only, however they also offer a “protect” option for a limited number of social media platforms, which applies content filtering to that platform.
Get notifications for issues like cyberbullying, sexual content, and more.
Net Nanny does not monitor text messages, however they will alert you to concerning online searches related to cyberbullying, self-harm, and risky behavior.
Just $99/year to protect your entire family.
1 desktop: $39.99/year
5 devices: $54.99/year
20 devices: $89.99/year
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
Ready to get started?
Bark was created by parents, for parents, to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to help families create healthy digital habits.
Bark vs Net Nanny FAQs
When it comes to monitoring your child’s online activities in texts and 30+ social media and apps, Bark is the clear winner. Our state-of-the-art advanced technology is always working in the background of your kid’s phone to scan for issues in 16+ categories. Net Nanny provides some monitoring capability, but only for YouTube searches. It’s apparent that Bark provides more comprehensive protection — kids use more than just YouTube! Check out our comparison chart for more details.
Bark lets you customize your child’s screen time activity in incredibly granular ways. You can set different rules for different times of day, including: during school, bedtime, and even free time. This may look like “No TikTok during the school day” or “Only meditation apps after lights out” — whatever your family needs! Net Nanny lets you set limits on screen time, but not nearly to the level that Bark does. The head-to-head matchup of Bark vs Net Nanny reveals that Bark has the clear advantage when it comes to screen time.
No matter what apps your child uses or downloads, Bark can block it — regardless of whether they have an iPhone or an Android. Net Nanny, on the other hand, limits app blocking on iOS to just 125 apps. They also limit alerts and reports about installed apps to Android devices only. Comparing Bark vs Net Nanny, Bark gives you far greater control over what apps your child can access. At the end of the day, you know best — not Net Nanny.
