What is the difference between "monitoring" and "screen time & filtering"?

Monitoring

Bark's award-winning monitoring tool scans and analyzes your children's texts, photos, videos, social media, and more. We alert you if we detect self-harm, violence, predators, sexual content, or other concerning issues.

Here’s how to check this feature is working on your kid's devices:

  1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.
  2. Tap Monitoring under a child.
  3. Look at the information under each device:
    ❗️  means action is required / something is not working properly. Click on it to fix it.
    ✅  means that part is working.

Screen Time & Filtering

Bark's screen time & filtering features block or allow access to apps and sites.

Here’s how to check this feature is working on your family's devices:

  1. Open up your parent app / dashboard.
  2. Tap Screen Time under a child or home profile.
  3. Tap Devices at the top.
  4. Look at the information under each device:
    ❗️  means action is required / something is not working properly. Click on it to fix it.
    ✅  means that part is working.