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 your child's profile.
  3. Tap Devices at the top to review the health of device monitoring (like texts, saved photos, saved videos).
  4. Tap Apps at the top to review the health of app monitoring (like emails and some social media).

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: