Manage screen time with our parental controls
Set healthy boundaries on your child’s device.

Decide what your kid can do online — and when
Manage the time they spend on apps and websites throughout the day.



Create screen time routines for every day of the week

Block games & social media during the school day
Help keep your kid on task with only educational apps.



Choose how much time they spend on apps
Set time limits for all the apps on your child’s phone by category or individually.*
*Bark Phone feature only


Bark products that offer screen time controls:
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Bark Phone
The best phone for kids with Bark’s parental controls built right in
Starts at$ 29 USD /mo + deviceFeatures
- Tamper-proof controls
- Block apps & websites
- Set screen time limits
- Approve or deny contacts
- Track location
- Pause or disable the internet
- Monitor texts and apps
- Get alerts for concerning content
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Bark Watch
Monitor texts, track location, and manage contacts
NEW!$ 15 USD /mo + deviceFeatures
- Monitor texts
- Get alerts for concerning content
- Tamper-proof controls
- Approve or deny contacts
- Track location
- No games, browsers, or social media
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Bark App
Add Bark’s monitoring and parental controls to your kid’s devices
Starts at$ 14 USD /moFeatures
- Monitor texts and apps
- Get alerts for concerning content
- Block apps & websites
- Set screen time limits
- Track location
- Pause the internet
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Bark Home
Set screen time limits on the devices in your home
Starts at$ 6 USD /moFeatures
- Block apps & websites
- Set screen time limits
- Filter content
- Pause the internet
Real-life Bark families. Real-life stories.
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Cindy R.February 12
I just want to get on here and say PLEASE get Bark online monitoring. Yesterday it saved our family. Out of respect for our son’s privacy I won’t go into details. But I will say this: (1) we are a family who talks about EVERYTHING on the daily, I literally run a non-profit about kids and mental health… (2) he is an AMAZING, thoughtful, kind, sweet person and (3) he almost got into a situation that would have haunted him for the rest of his life. You need the open communication AND Bark to battle modern childhood.
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Brett K.March 3
With Bark alerts, I now have peace of mind that my kids devices are safe and I don’t have to look at everything.
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Cassia M.October 9
Bark is like the Swiss Army knife of my parenting tool box. I find a new benefit of having it constantly. It’s the most helpful tool I have in keeping my teenagers safe and helping me stay in the know with their crazy world of technology.
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Dave C.January 10
Best of all, the conversations we have regarding Bark alerts give me insight into my child’s world and his relationships.
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Jenna U.December 5
It was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders when stumbling across the Bark app.
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Shannon F.June 10
We no longer feel the need to confiscate their phones and read through everything daily. We can trust that Bark has a set of eyes on their electronic actions and will notify us of anything concerning.
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Marianne H.September 2
Thanks a ton. You have not only helped me protect my kids, but helped us have better and more open conversations. My kids live in a blended home, and this helps us be on the same page when we teach right and wrong and flat out dangerous
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Maureen A.July 27
I put bark on my children’s phone for my oldest son who is 15. Never thinking that my 11-year-old daughter would have alerts much to my surprise when I hooked up her phone I got 97 alerts for her phone. brought attention to things in never considered! Thank you so much.
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Russell S.December 10
I have been impressed with this app over and over again. Some of the things it was capturing from my son’s phone and alerting me to would have certainly gone undetected on a different service. Super impressed and happy with the service. Best out there hands down. We’ve used other services and I’m so glad we found Bark.
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Sarah S.August 8
I decided it was time I got more involved in what my daughter sees and reads. So within 3 minutes of downloading, Bark found an extremely inappropriate issue!!! Though it did not involve her, it did alert me to a picture she took a screen shot of. It was a message from a boy to a friend of hers. It made my stomach turn. Thank you!
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Screen Time FAQs
Bark allows you to customize exactly what your kid can do during different parts of their daily schedule! Want to turn off access to YouTube during school hours? No problem. Ready to turn off gaming apps when it's your child's bedtime? You've got it.
Using a screen time limit app can help your child thrive in a number of ways. Setting healthy boundaries can improve their mental health, benefit their real-life relationships, encourage their interests and hobbies, and much more!
Simply log into the Bark parent app/dashboard and decide what apps and websites you want to allow and when — we make it easy with rules for school time, bedtime, and free time.
Yes, Bark allows you to pause all internet activity (other than calls and texts for emergency purposes) with the tap of a button!
Screen time — check. Want to see what else Bark can do?
With Bark, you can get comprehensive parental controls, including location tracking, content monitoring, and website blocking.