Bark Parental Controls vs FamiSafe

Bark offers more comprehensive protection than FamiSafe. Bark scans your child’s activities and alerts you to concerning content while providing powerful web filtering and screen time scheduling tools.

Compare the Features

Bark vs. FamiSafe
Screen time management
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Bark
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time
FamiSafe
Available
Blocking
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Block specific apps on iOS and Android
FamiSafe
Available
Filtering
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Bark
Filter specific sites and 19 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites on any browser
FamiSafe
10 categories on Safari and Chrome only
App download alerts
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Bark
Get notified if your child downloads a risky app
FamiSafe
Available
Monitor social media
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Bark
Monitor 30+ popular apps for 16 categories of potential dangers like cyberbullying, sexual content, and more
FamiSafe
Monitor 7 apps on Android and 1 app on iOS; keyword-level monitoring only (except for YouTube)
Monitor text messages
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Bark’s AI automatically detects 16 categories of potential issues in texts — including photos and videos
FamiSafe
Keyword-level monitoring only; only alerted to pornographic images if saved to the phone
Covers unlimited devices + accounts
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Just $99/year or $14/month to protect your entire family
FamiSafe
$59.99/year for only 10 devices

Parents: Get Alerts for Concerning Content

Bark scans for issues like sexual content and online predators and sends you texts when something may be wrong.

How it works

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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.

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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 in the bark app

Alert

Our expert recommendations make it easy for parents to talk to kids about digital dangers and other sensitive online issues.

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Manage

Decide not only when your kids can access the internet on their devices, but also what sites they can visit.

Our Products & Prices

Save up to 42%

Bark Jr

Our entry-level product is perfect for younger kids.

$ 5 USD /month
$ 49 USD /year with annual plan
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

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.