Bark Parental Controls vs Google Family Link
Bark offers more comprehensive protection than Google Family Link. 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
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time
Only allows downtime
Block specific sites and 19 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites
Only blocks adult content; Chrome must be the default browser
Disable the internet whenever needed — no matter where your kids are
Unavailable
Scans online activities for concerning content
Unavailable
Get email/text notifications for issues like cyberbullying and sexual content
Unavailable
Keep restrictions in place no matter how YouTube is accessed while connected to Bark
Available
Prevent opt-out of Bark as long as your subscription is active
Allows children to turn off parental controls when they turn 13
Allows exceptions for wind-down apps like audiobooks and meditation
Only allows incoming calls and emergency calls
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
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.
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
Our expert recommendations make it easy for parents to talk to kids about digital dangers and other sensitive online issues.
Manage
Decide not only when your kids can access the internet on their devices, but also what sites they can visit.
Our Products & Prices
Bark Premium
Our comprehensive parental intelligence solution.
- 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
Bark Jr
Our entry-level product is perfect for younger kids.
- 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.