Bark Technologies

Bark scans your child’s online activities in 30+ apps and social media platforms and alerts you to issues you need to know about. Learn mo...

What Bark Monitors on Social Media

What's covered with email monitoring
Bark can monitor Comcast, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and iCloud email accounts. 
Bark scans your child's:...

What Bark Monitors on Email

What's covered 
Bark can monitor files stored in Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive accounts, and it scans your child's:

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What Bark Monitors on Online Storage Platforms

Unlimited monitoring is included with a Bark Premium subscription. Here's how to get set up!





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What is Bark's unique approach to monitoring?
Bark was created to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe onl...

How does monitoring work?

How do I set up new account / app detection?
It's easy! Set up your kid's devices and accounts with this guide: Add a device or account fo...

FAQ: Detecting new accounts and apps

Does Bark monitor photos and videos?
With Bark Premium, you can monitor images and videos on your children's:

Bark Phone
iPhone / iPad
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FAQ: Photos & Videos

Does Bark monitor text messages?
Absolutely! Customers on the Bark Premium plan can monitor text messages, including pictures, audio, or v...

FAQ: Text Messages

How accurate are Bark alerts?
While no system is perfect, Bark's algorithm has been fine-tuned over 9 years — and is consistently getting ...

Alert accuracy

For monitoring, our system analyzes your kid's English, Spanish, and Afrikaans conversations for potential issues.
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Supported languages

Bark can monitor emails, including attachments, on connected email accounts like AOL. If we find a potential issue, you’ll get an alert fo...

How to Connect an AOL Email Account

Bark is able to monitor emails sent and received (including attachments) on connected email accounts like iCloud.  We will alert on instan...

How to Connect an iCloud Email Account

Bark can monitor emails, including attachments, on connected email accounts like Yahoo and send alerts for concerning content like bullyin...

How to Connect a Yahoo Email Account

Why do I need to enable apps from Unknown Sources?
If your kid has a Bark Phone or Bark Watch, the Bark Kids app comes pre-installed, so t...

FAQ: Apps from unknown sources

Bark scans your kid’s online activities for potential issues like bullying, suicidal ideation, sexting, and more.

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