Bark

Bark Parental Controls Suite

Bark offers an advanced, AI-powered parental control platform designed to monitor and protect kids across their devices and online activity. Covering apps, texts, social media, web activity, and more, Bark provides real-time alerts, personalized insights, and practical controls to help families establish healthy boundaries and stay ahead of potential risks.

What Bark Covers

• Monitor: Text messages, 30+ social media apps, web browsers, emails, and other online activity across devices.
• AI-powered safety alerts: 29+ alert categories, including cyberbullying and explicit content, using AI to scan texts, images, videos, and audio.
• Personalized insights: Custom reports and expert recommendations with every alert to guide conversations and interventions.
• Devices: iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, laptops, Chromebooks, Windows/Mac computers, and Amazon Fire tablets. Bark app and Bark Desktop App support monitoring on supported devices.

Core Capabilities

• Content monitoring with AI-driven threat detection
• Screen time management and schedules
• Website and app blocking/allowlisting
• Real-time location tracking with alerts and check-ins
• Customizable alert sensitivity and alert types
• Family-wide plans: one subscription covers all children and devices
• Privacy-focused: safety insights without compromising essential privacy

How Bark Works

1. Add a child’s device or social account to monitor.
2. Bark’s AI analyzes content for potential risks (cyberbullying, sexual content, self-harm, etc.).
3. Receive timely alerts and insights to address concerns with your child.
4. Use built-in controls to manage screen time, block content, and track location.

Plans & Pricing (Overview)

• Bark Premium: Comprehensive coverage for all devices and accounts, unlimited children under one plan.
• Bark Jr: Core monitoring and controls at a lower price point.
• Bark Phone: Built-in monitoring with exclusive features (contact approvals, app install approvals, remote alarms, remote screen time controls, and tamper-proof settings).

Getting Started

• Compatible with iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebooks, and more across multiple device types.
• Install the Bark app on your child’s device and/or use Bark Home for computer monitoring.
• Customize alert sensitivity, set schedules, and enable/disable features according to family rules.

Safety & Privacy Considerations

• Content monitoring focuses on safety without recording and sharing personal data beyond alerting parents.
• SSL encryption and encrypted data storage for stored analyses.

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How to Use Bark

1. Choose the product (Phone, Watch, App, Home) and set up for your family.
2. Add your child’s devices and social accounts to monitor.
3. Configure alerts, screen time rules, blocks, and location checks.
4. Review alerts and guidance in the parent app and tailor settings as needed.

What Makes Bark Unique

• AI-powered, multi-channel safety monitoring across texts, social media, web content, and more
• Tamper-proof and durable monitoring on Bark Phone with exclusive controls
• Flexible plans that scale to families of any size
• Real-time location tracking and check-ins for peace of mind

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Safety and Legal Considerations

• Designed for proactive safety, parental oversight, and open conversations with children.

Core Features

• AI-powered content monitoring across texts, social media, web, and more
• 29+ safety categories with customizable alert sensitivity
• Real-time alerts and personalized insights
• Screen time management with scheduling and pausing capabilities
• Block websites & apps with flexible allowlists/deny lists
• Live GPS location tracking with location alerts and check-ins
• Cross-device monitoring with Bark Premium plan covers all devices
• Exclusive Bark Phone features: contact approvals, app install approvals, remote alarms, daily screen time limits, tamper-proof settings
• Security: SSL encryption and encrypted data storage for analyzed data