Bark's affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind.
Bark's affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind.
Bark tracks conversations and content on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, GroupMe, and more.
Bark works with iOS and Android to monitor texts, photos, and videos for concerning interactions.
Manage when your kids can access the internet and which sites are appropriate for them to visit.
Our service looks for activity that may indicate online predators, adult content, sexting, cyberbullying, drug use, suicidal thoughts, and more.
Get automatic alerts when Bark detects potential issues, along with expert recommendations from child psychologists for addressing them.
Bark saves you from manually monitoring your child's activities, respecting your time and your child's privacy by only surfacing potential concerns.
Instead, Bark was created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe online.
Created in collaboration with child psychologists, youth advisors, digital media experts, and law enforcement professionals, Bark delivers a research-backed, kid-friendly solution for safeguarding families as technology changes how and where we communicate.
Bark has won awards from The National Parenting Center, Mom’s Choice Awards, and National Parenting Product Awards.
Both plans are just one price regardless of the size of your family — or the number of devices they have.
Protecting your family’s data and privacy is one of our highest priorities. All data is kept secure with encryption.
Need help getting set up? Our experienced support team is here to help you get the most out of our services.
In 2020, Bark analyzed more than 2.1 billion messages across texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ apps and social media platforms. Read the full report from our 2020 case study. These findings exclude school-based accounts.
88.5% of tweens and 94.1% of teens expressed or experienced violent subject matter/thoughts.
45.5% of tweens and 66.3% of teens engaged in conversations about depression.
76.7% of tweens and 82.0% of teens experienced bullying as a bully, victim, or witness.
78.0% of tweens and 91.1% of teens engaged in conversations surrounding drugs/alcohol.
41.4% of tweens and 66.6% of teens were involved in a self-harm/suicidal situation.
70.9% of tweens and 87.9% of teens encountered nudity or content of a sexual nature.
Bark actually notified us of serious suicidal thoughts and our son just
completed a two week stint in the hospital where he received treatment
and was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Thanks to the app we
were notified. We are very appreciative.
— Bark Dad
Bark [is] the best $9 I spend every month. My daughter was
cyberbullied a few months ago and it’s easier to monitor any
concerns without totally invading her privacy. I only get
notifications if there are items of concern (sex, depression,
bullying, profanity, etc.) Totally worth it!
— Bark Mom
Brilliant & simple way to help keep my kids safer online.
— Bark Dad
What I appreciate the most is the ability to monitor without
snooping. This allows my children to maintain a sense of
independence and privacy, while allowing me the opportunity to
involve myself only when necessary to provide guidance. It helps me
grow future responsible, productive adults.
— Bark Dad