Bark for Chromebooks

256 reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

Bark uses advanced algorithms to detect and proactively alert parents to issues your family faces online, such as bullying, predators, sexual content, and more. You can stay on top of your child's location using our real-time map or location check-in features. We also monitor social media and also block access to specific web sites and harmful categories while only alerting you to potential problems. Bark's approach saves parents valuable time and helps build trust between families.

Using our check-in feature, you can simply press a button to send your current location to your parent. This offers you peace of mind that your child has made it safely to their destination.

To do this, the Bark app will need access to photos/videos, contacts, the list of installed apps on the device, and browsing history. We use Accessibility to monitor your child's third-party message data.

Additionally, we use a VPN service to monitor your child's internet traffic for harmful content even when the app is not in use. Bark collects read and write call log data to enable contact monitoring even when the app is not in use
The Bark app specifically made to monitor a child's Chromebook
Updated on
Jul 20, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Messages, Photos and videos and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

221 reviews
A Google user
February 27, 2019
I think it is good for social media, but personal text messages are a no no, my friends tell me personal stuff that is a secret. not necessarily bad things, just things they dont want people knowing, I think you should take that feature off. It is very personal things that people text each other and it makes me anxious to do anything on my phone anymore. I have only had this for 1 day and some things are inaccurate. This would be 0 stars. I feel like I'm being stalked and I dont wanna lose trust
165 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
March 4, 2019
Thank you so much for your feedback and we understand your concerns. Bark alerts parent and gives insights to things that are flagged within our algorithm as alarming or concerning. It does not give access into the child's phone but only issues alerted. I have passed your feedback along to our leadership team.
A Google user
January 2, 2019
i agree that it's important to protect your chilren online as they can be and are exposed to dangers but just because you use a "special algorithim" does not mean that there isn't an invasion of privacy. this app could be improved to let parents know when things are really wrong and also let kids keep their life to themselves. i think something to notify kids an alert has been sent and see it would be a slight improvement, not to be able to deny it though because the purpose would be defeated.
60 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
January 8, 2019
Thank you so much for your feedback and we understand your concerns. Bark alerts parent and gives insights to things that are flagged within our algorithm as alarming or concerning. It does not give access into the child's phone but only issues alerted. I have passed your feedback along to our leadership team.
A Google user
January 23, 2019
I think this app is bad because it invades your privacy and you can't joke around or be in group chats with anyone or watch whoever you want. I can't do anything without this app alerting me. It's so sensitive about what I do on the internet I just asked my friend a question and it alert my parents as cyberbullying 🙄. Even if you don't even do anything in a group chat it will alert you, sometimes the app alerts you for no reason.
61 people found this review helpful
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Bark Technologies, Inc.
January 25, 2019
Thank you so much for your feedback and we understand your concerns. Bark alerts parent and gives insights to things that are flagged within our algorithm as alarming or concerning. It does not give access into the child's phone but only issues alerted. I have passed your feedback along to our leadership team.

What’s new

Monitoring, security and Onboarding improvements