I purchased and installed Bark parental… I purchased and installed Bark parental controls for my pre-teen and have had nothing but issues with it. Half the time the app fails to monitor and report in with zero tampering by my child. Their iOS monitoring is a joke as it requires the computer monitoring the device to be connected to the same wireless network for any of the features to work. Children can too easily circumvent monitoring by making minor changes to phone settings outside of Bark. I canceled my annual subscription after only 3 months and they said the service wouldn't re-bill on the 1 year anniversary, but made ZERO offers to give a prorated refund. This app and it's company are a waste of time and money and do NOT keep my child any safer than leaving the phone wide open. It gives the parents a FALSE sense of security at best. If you truly want to keep your children safe, DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SERVICE

I cancelled my account October 2023 I cancelled my account October 2023. In December I was charged for a year (106.00) after canceling my account. I disputed with my credit card. I called and sent many emails. No one can help me. I am going to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.

This is a very dishonest company This is a very dishonest company. I did not know they still owned the phone. And then when the location feature wasn’t working they wouldn’t help, just kept passing the buck saying it was Google that we needed to contact. I could not even get an actual person at a Google to help me, it’s computer generated stuff that was I credibly unhelpful. When I told Bark I either needed the location feature to work or else I needed to disconnect the phone they insisted location isn’t really very important. Sorry, but they don’t get to decide for me what is & isn’t important. When I tried to ask for help in their Facebook group they blocked me. When I demanded that they turn off the phone they turned it off, but refuses to return the unused portion for the month. We hadn’t even used it for one week yet they kept the amount paid for the whole month. And then we had to return the phone (because apparently they still own it even though they don’t tell you that anywhere until you terminate service) & even though we hadn’t even used the phone they looked & said the screen was scratched & they charged us $59 for that lie. The whole thing is such a scam & they are so dishonest & sleazy. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY.

I've been an app customer since 2016 I've been an app customer since 2016. Wonderful, responsive, helpful company. I recently purchased the Bark Phone and it truly is the best first phone for kids. It was hard to not go with an old Apple phone, but I chose safety and I don't regret it.

Terrible Time The phone never worked the way advertised, couldn’t get anyone to fix it for months. Returned it and was still charged $125 and $59 repair fee. The phone that I sent back was in good condition, there was nothing wrong with it. The pictures they sent looked like the phone had been sanded with sandpaper. We did not do that. I didn’t realize I was leasing a phone. It was advertised as “free” when I signed up. It took over a mo for them to agree to refund my $125 but they are keeping the $59. What’s odd to me is they charged my acct $59 on 7/14 so they did receive the phone so why am I having to beg for a refund a mo later on a charge that should never have happened in the first place? This company is highly questionable.