The Bark Watch is paid for monthly over 24 months. This monthly cost covers the device only. A Bark service plan is required to activate your Bark Watch.

Device payment:

• $12/month for 24 months. You can pay it off early — just contact us!

Your $15/month service plan is separate from your device payment and includes:

• Cell service and parental controls
• A Bark App subscription for the entire family, covering unlimited kids and devices, including phones and tablets you already own

Pricing depends on your child's device. A single subscription covers every child and device in your family, with no limit on accounts, devices, or kids.

iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android: $14/month or $99/year

With either plan, you can:

• Monitor and receive alerts for your child's social media, texts, email, and web activity
• Manage screen time and block specific websites and apps
• Track your child's location with live GPS and location alerts

For iPhone and iPad families: Apple's privacy protections mean third-party apps can't read what's on your child's device. The Bark Sync helps close that gap. It's a smart charger that scans your child's iPhone or iPad for potential issues every time it plugs in, no extra steps required. The Bark Sync is optional and available for $6/month or $49/year, and requires a Bark app subscription.

The Bark Phone and Bark Phone Pro are paid for monthly over 24 months. This monthly cost covers the device only. A Bark wireless plan is required for activating your Bark Phone.

• Bark Phone: $15/month for 24 months (device payment)
• Bark Phone Pro: $25/month for 24 months (device payment)

Want to pay off your device early? Contact us, and we'll help you out.

Your wireless plan cost is separate from your device payment and includes:

• A Bark Premium subscription for the entire family
• Built-in parental controls
• Unlimited talk & text
• Mobile data (if you choose a data plan)

Starter plan:

• $29/month for unlimited talk, text, and no internet, app store, or games

Advanced plans:

• $39/month for unlimited talk, text, and Wi-Fi only (no data)
• $49/month for unlimited talk, text, and 4GB data
• $59/month for unlimited talk, text, and 8GB data
• $79/month for unlimited talk, text, and data¹

¹ After exceeding 35GB/month of data use, data speeds will be reduced for the remainder of the monthly billing cycle. After exceeding 50GB/month of data usage, data speeds may be reduced further and/or data connection may be turned off for the remainder of the monthly billing cycle.

Add any of your child's devices or social media accounts to be monitored. There's no limit, so you can connect as many devices and accounts as you need on every plan. When you connect a device, Bark will also scan up to 60 days of its text history to catch anything you may have missed.

For some social media platforms, monitoring requires entering your child's login credentials during setup. This lets Bark access the account's activity directly. We'll let you know during setup which platforms need this.

Once connected, our AI scans text, images, video, and audio for potential dangers, including conversations in English, Spanish, and Afrikaans, and sends you alerts for anything concerning.

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

The Bark App is compatible with iPhones, iPads, Android phones, Android tablets, laptops, computers, Chromebooks, and Amazon Fire tablets. Check out our full list of everything Bark can monitor on each device.

Yes! Download the Bark parent app here to review alerts, add children, connect accounts, update notification settings, and more.

You'll also need to install the Bark Kids app on your child's iPhone or iPad — it's what enables Bark to block apps and sites and track your child's location.

For deeper monitoring of texts, photos, videos, and more on your child's iOS device, you'll want the Bark Sync — a smart charger that scans your child's device every time it plugs in. It's the easiest way to get the most out of Bark on iOS. Learn more about Bark for iOS here.

Bark's parental controls for iOS let you manage screen time, block websites and apps, and track your child's location 24/7, all from the Bark app.

To get full content monitoring for things like texts, iMessages, photos, videos, WhatsApp messages, and Kik messages, you'll also need the Bark Sync. Apple's strict privacy restrictions prevent third-party apps from directly monitoring iOS devices, which is why we built it: a smart charger that scans your child's iPhone or iPad each time it plugs in to close that gap.

Some platforms require you to connect by entering your child's login credentials during setup. We'll let you know during setup which ones need this.

Once everything's set up, if something concerning is found, you'll get a timely alert so you can check in and make sure everything is okay. Learn more about what Bark monitors on iOS devices here.

Together, these features build a powerful digital safety net to help you protect your child online and in real life.

Yes! Download the Bark parent app here to review alerts, add children, connect accounts, update notification settings, and more.

You'll also need to install the Bark Kids app on your child's Android device — it's what enables Bark to monitor content, manage screen time, block websites, and track your child's location. Learn more about Bark for Android here.

Bark's parental controls for Androids give you the power to monitor your child’s online activities in a groundbreaking way. 

Our content monitoring uses advanced AI to scan messages, posts, comments, replies, web searches, and so much more to find potential dangers. If something concerning is found, you’ll get a timely alert so you can check in and make sure everything is okay. Learn more about what Bark monitors on Android devices here.

In addition to monitoring, Bark also lets you manage screen time, block websites & apps, and track location 24/7.

These key features work together to build a powerful digital safety net to help you protect your child online and in real life.

Because Bark’s software is built directly into the phone, it automatically monitors texts, emails, social media, and apps. Bark also can't be deleted from the Bark Phone, which helps ensure the settings you put into this cell phone for kids will stay.

The Bark Phone also offers exclusive features that the app doesn’t, including:

• Contact approvals
• App install approvals
• Remote alarms
• Daily screen time limits
• Completely tamper-proof settings

Absolutely. At Bark, security is paramount. Our website uses SSL encryption and all analyzed data is stored within an encrypted database. You can rest easy knowing your children's data is secure.