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Bark Home vs. Circle Home

Bark Home and Circle Home Plus may compete head-to-head when it comes to screen time management and web filtering, but Bark’s content monitoring makes it a clear winner for families who need more protection.

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Bark Home vs. Circle Home
Blocking
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Bark
Block specific websites and apps
Circle Home
Available
Filtering
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Bark
Filters specific sites and 19 categories, including adult content, gaming, and streaming sites
Circle Home
Filters sites according to selected age range; Custom URLs can also be blocked
Pause the internet anytime
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Bark
Available
Circle Home
Available
Create custom screen time schedules
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Bark
Set custom rules for school time, bedtime, and free time
Circle Home
Set rules for bedtime and focus time
Apply custom screen time rules for each day of the week
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Bark
Create different schedules for any day of the week
Circle Home
Different schedules for weekdays versus weekends only
Easily upgrade to include monitoring
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Bark Premium brings award-winning content monitoring to your child’s texts, emails, and 30+ apps and social media platforms for just $99/year
Circle Home
Monitoring is unavailable
Add unlimited devices and kids
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Connect as many kids and devices as your family needs
Circle Home
Available
One-time purchase under $100
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One-time purchase of $79 and includes free software for life
Circle Home
$149 for devices and 1-year subscription; then, $9.99/month or $89 annually

What Parents Are Saying

  • Giving me peace

    “Bark Home was so easy to install. In fact the installation directions are on one page. Once you get it hooked up you go to a website and finish it up. I have it paired with my Bark Monitoring and I am no longer worried about what my daughter is doing online.”

    –Jennifer H.

  • Better than any of its competitors

    “We went through them all: Circle, Gryphon, etc. Bark Home was the strongest option available.”

    –Matthew V.

  • Like a dream come true

    “Bark Home is the solution so many parents need. It can be set up easily and is written in normal (not tech) language for the average parent to get set up and get on with other things. It is the perfect complement to BARKs already superior mobile device monitoring system.”

    –Dolly D.

  • So grateful

    “The last thing anybody needs right now is to have to stress over managing a thousand devices, worrying about what your kids are running across, etc. This just makes life soooooo much easier. Especially impressed with the filtering and screen time capabilities. Incredible grateful for the good folks at Bark who worked to put out such a powerful tool for families. Will be recommending to everyone!”

    –Jordan B.

  • Very happy with Bark

    “We were already using BARK on my daughter’s phone. With this new Bark Home, we were able to cover her computer and my son’s computer. It did not slow down our wi-fi and after getting the settings and exceptions figured out, it’s working great.”

    –Diana K.

  • Great expanded coverage to Bark subscription

    “Great addition to Bark Parental Controls. It expands my Bark subscription parental controls to all devices connected to my home network and even alerts me when a new device connects to my network. Finally, I can control the school issued devices (on my home network) and Smart TVs.”

    –S. H.

  • Super Easy to Set Up

    I really liked how uncomplicated the setup is. It would be a great gift for any parent. It provides peace of mind and an extra bit of protection for your kids.

    –Michelle E.

  • Great gift for any parent

    “I don’t have any kids myself, but I have 2 nieces that are my favorite. After searching all over the place for a parental monitoring/ screen time device, I found that Bark Home had all the features you could ask for. Fast forward to today, and my sister absolutely LOVES Bark Home! It gives her peace of mind and just… works! 100% recommend to anyone looking to buy a gift for a parent.”

    –Abbey

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Start setting healthy boundaries with your children’s screen time and help keep them safe online and in real life with Bark Home’s powerful internet filter — starting at just $6/month.

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