Troubleshooting iOS Monitoring

1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.
2. Tap your child's profile.
3. Tap Devices at the top.
4. Review the device status:
   

   ❗ Not reporting to Bark

   ✅ Reporting to Bark

1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.
2. Tap your kid's avatar at the top.
3. Tap Monitoring.
4. Review the device status:
   

   ❗ Not reporting to Bark

   ✅ Reporting to Bark

1. Ensure that your child's iPhone or iPad is connected to your home Wi-Fi network.
2. Double check your home computer is turned on and awake.
3. Then, open up your parent app / dashboard.
   • On the classic UI, tap Monitoring > Devices.
   • On the new UI, tap on your kid > Devices.
4. Find their iPhone or iPad in the list.
   
   Not seeing it on the list? Get it set up.
5. Look for  Connected to your home computer (or Bark Home). 
6. Not showing the device is connected?
   
   Fix Wi-Fi Detection
   

1. Plug in your kid's iPhone or iPad into your computer (or Bark Home) with a charging cable.
2. Check your kid's iOS device screen for a "Trust" prompt and tap Trust if present. If there is no "Trust" prompt, you may have granted it already.
3. Double check your home computer is turned on and awake.
4. Then, open up your parent app / dashboard.
   • On the classic UI, tap Monitoring > Devices.
   • On the new UI, tap on your kid > Devices.
5. Find their iPhone or iPad in the list.
   
   Not seeing it on the list? Get it set up.
6. You should see Connected to your home computer (or Bark Home).
7. Not showing the device is connected?
   
   Fix USB Detection

iOS monitoring could be affected by a lack of storage on your computer or a lack of space on your child's device. 

Learn more and free up space:

Check Available Storage Space

iOS devices are known for their security. Periodically, an iOS device may revoke its trust of Bark due to an update, a reset, or due to the length of time since it last connected to Bark.

If this happens, we'll let you know that the device needs to be paired with Bark again.

Then, follow these steps:

Fix Pairing

A setting or third party app may be encrypting the data on your kid's iOS device. No worries — it's an easy fix.

Click here to take care of it:

Disable Encryption

Usually this error message comes with text that explains what the issue was.

If you still need help, let's tackle it together with this guide:

Fix the Analysis

If the Bark Desktop App is not responding to your clicks, it's good practice to completely quit Bark — close it out completely.

Note Simply clicking X may not be enough. 

Mac

1. Click on  Bark at the top (by the time).
2. Select Quit Bark.
3. Click on Finder.
4. Select Applications. 
5. Double-click on Bark to re-open it.

Windows

1. Click the ^ symbol at the bottom (by the time).
2. Click on Bark.
3. Select Exit.
4. Re-open Bark from your desktop or apps list.

When you see a message or alert asking you to install Apple software like iTunes, go ahead and click the link to get it installed. Then, restart your computer. This helps Bark better monitor your kid's iPhone or iPad.

Learn more below:

Update Apple Software on Mac

Update Apple Software on Windows

Mac

What this looks like:

• App doesn't open, or opens for a second and immediately disappears.
• A pop-up saying, "Bark can't be opened because it was not downloaded from the App Store."
• A pop-up saying, "Bark can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software."

Find solutions here:

Open Bark Desktop App on Mac

Windows

What this looks like:

• App doesn't open, or opens for a second and immediately disappears.
• App opens as a blank screen.
• A pop-up saying, "Your PC's settings only let it install verified apps from the Store."

Find solutions here:

Open Bark Desktop App on Windows

If you or your children are not receiving a particular push notification, then there are a few potential reasons why.

Learn more: 

Fix Push Notifications

Bark's location features rely on the accuracy of the device's GPS. There are a number of things that can temporarily throw off the GPS on your child's device, leading to a check-in or location alert that seems to be slightly off from the child's true location.

Check out our guide for more information:

Calibrate Location on iOS

Because of Apple's security over their iCloud system, we do not monitor your child's iOS device from iCloud backups. Instead, we monitor iPhones, iPads, and iPods with the help of the Bark Desktop App that is installed on a home computer.

Nope! Analyses will happen automatically and wirelessly but you can always manually start one if needed.

Yes, as long as they are sharing the same internet network.

The Bark Kids app only blocks apps and sites and tracks location. We monitor texts, iMessages, photos, and more on iPhones, iPads, and iPods with the help of the Bark Desktop App that is installed on a home computer.