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What is Bark and how can it help my family?

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  • Getting Started with Bark

    Bark is an award-winning technology solution created by parents, for parents to offer a better, easier, an...

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  • How does Bark help me keep my family safe?

    Bark is a comprehensive parental intelligence solution. Below are a few ways we can help keep your family s...

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  • What Bark Monitors on the Different Platforms

    Sign up for your free trial! Below we show you what Bark monitors on subscription plans that include conten...

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  • Pricing

    We have two subscription tiers available: Bark Premium and Bark Jr. More information, including any special...

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  • The Bark Difference

    Bark’s specialty is content monitoring. When content monitoring is set up, Bark analyzes activities on your...

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  • How does Bark Content Monitoring work?

    Bark was created to offer a better, easier, and more effective way to keep children safe online. Created in...

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  • What is Screen Time & Web Filtering?

    What is Screen Time & Web Filtering? Screen time & web filtering, also known as on-the-go controls or in-ho...

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  • What is the difference between content monitoring and web filtering?

    Web Filtering Screen time & web filtering, also known as on-the-go controls or in-home controls, prohibit o...

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  • Compatibility

    For a background of what Bark does, check out this article. Bark Home Are Smart TVs, gaming consoles, phone...

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  • Does Bark work if I have an iPhone and my child has an Android device?

    Yes! Bark works when you have an iPhone and your child has an Android device or vice versa.  Managing a Bar...

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  • FAQ: Text Messages

      FAQs Does Bark enable us to to monitor text message content on our children's devices? Absolutely! Custo...

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  • FAQ: Detecting New Accounts or Apps

    Detecting new apps and accounts is available on our Bark Premium plan. If you are not currently on that pla...

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  • FAQ: Photos/Videos

    On the Bark Premium subscription plan, Bark analyzes images and videos saved on your child's iOS, Android, ...

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  • Reviewing Alerts

    We built Bark to help families work with their children to stay safe online, and we are excited to provide ...

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  • Will my child know that Bark is installed?

    Because the child companion app will need to be installed on your child's device for Screen Time and Web fi...

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  • How do I talk to my child about using Bark?

    We know privacy is a touchy subject for children ⁠— especially teens. How do you convince them that you're ...

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  • Security & Privacy

    Is our data secure? When you share your personal information with Bark, we immediately encrypt it so it ca...

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  • Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

    What is COPPA? On July 1, 2013, the FTC updated Child Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) to bring la...

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  • Time to Set Up

    Connecting your child’s email and social media accounts to Bark with your child's login credentials only ta...

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  • Accuracy

    No parent, child, or software tool is ever perfect. It is possible that something could be missed, or that ...

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  • Supported Languages

    Our algorithms are currently trained in English and Spanish, and we're actively working to expand to other ...

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  • Paid Affiliate Program

    Bark works with PTAs and PTOs, nonprofits, influencers, businesses, and brokers to empower families to keep...

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  • I want to use Bark but I can’t afford it ⁠— can you help?

    We completely understand the need to find an affordable option for your family.  Subscription Options: Bark...

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  • iOS Jailbreaking & Android Rooting

    Do I need to jailbreak my child's iPhone or root my child's Android device for Bark? No. In order to use Ba...

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  • FAQ: Apps from Unknown Sources

    Why do I need to enable apps from Unknown Sources? To install apps that are not present in the Google Play ...

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  • Access your Affiliate Dashboard

    STEP 1: Go to the affiliate login page. You may want to bookmark it for easy access later! STEP 2: Enter th...

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  • Do you monitor... Do you filter...

    We're always working on monitoring the content of new apps, games and social media. Below are some of the p...

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  • Is Bark available outside of the United States?

    Currently, we only support users in the United States, but we're continually working to extend our services...

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  • Supported Chromebooks

    This article is for Bark subscribers whose subscription plan includes content monitoring. If you'd like to ...

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