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Bark for Chrome

Monitor chrome web browsing for inappropriate content.

Users100KCurrent public install base

Rating1.2Store average score

Reviews151Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity

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2026年7月15日2026年7月21日

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Version1.3.3

ManifestV3

Size8.82KiB

Languages1English (United States)

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Bark for Chrome is installed on the child's Chrome browser to help protect the child against inappropriate content.

Bark detects messages containing cyberbullying, sexting, signs of depression or suicidal thoughts, and many others -- without you having to spend hours reading your child's messages.

Bark supports dozens of popular social media platforms, along with email, and text messaging.

Children spend an increasing amount of time socializing online. Unfortunately, new technology creates new risks. Parents need a smarter solution to help keep their children safe online without sifting through their social media feed or randomly grabbing their child's phone and scrolling through their messages.

You connect your children's accounts and we notify you if and when there's a potential issue. This approach helps to build trust and an open dialog with your family around internet safety.

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Store average score1.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average1.2Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text118Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews151Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Seth Pyle2023年6月6日

every time bark is on my phone it runs slower sometimes the internet doesnt even work and apps wont launch

Glitchy (Zai)2023年5月4日

An invasion of privacy, I am also extremally disappointed that my mom had to put this on here. this just shows their child that their parents don't trust them with google or any other website or app. I had found this extension because I had seen it, because I was trying to get some Roblox web extensions. The only thing this shows kids is that their parents don't trust them. this doesn't teach kids any lesson, or tell them to be safer, (okay just a little bit.) it shows them that their parents doesn't care about their privacy and if younger kids can comprehend this, then that means that they will think that they don't have to care for others privacy. This can also ruin relationships with kids and parents. 0/10 app, would NEVER recommend to anybody.

Ona S.2023年5月4日

pointless and ruined my relationship with my parents. seriously what is the purpose of this?

A Whimsical Mustang2023年4月27日

Bark is a virus. Straight as that. While is provides somewhat of an insider to what a child may be doing online its methods are to have unwanted access to accounts and devices. The safety features flaunted by Bark is all just a trojan horse for personal information, records, and much more to be put at risk from attackers or be maliciously extracted by those who authored Bark. Another issue to Bark is its flagging feature which flags common phrases that could be used in multiple contexts. This extension is invasive and does not do what it is advertised to do. It does not keep children safe. It does not guarantee a safer environment. All it is is a company nobody even in the tech world has heard of that is trying to market towards exploitable customers, parents/school administrators. Under no circumstances should this ever be used by businesses or even government entities/agencies.

Felix Sundwall2023年4月25日

This may sound petty, but, I had full axes to everything on my chrome book, and I had full privacy, but now I can't even talk to my Bf because of it! on top of that I can't use my phone for the same damn reason. my computer is very slow now and takes forever to load; I wish that this app never existed. If I could, I'd give this a one star review. and to all parents, please just trust your child, if you think they are going to do something stupid, then let them! they need to make mistakes to grow up, but they also need there freedom and privacy. this app has made me grow distant from my mother and puts me in a state of Anxiety all the time fearing that she is going to fined something on my phone that she deems "inappropriate" so parents, please don't do this to your child, it's only going to make things worse....trust me...

Connor2023年3月14日

You may think that this is a petty review from a teenager who thinks they know everything, and you might be right. However, you could also be wrong. I barely had this app for a day, and my phone already doesn't work. It broke my whole phone down to where I couldn't even talk to my friends or text anyone without having to wait about 1 to 3 hours before having my message either being or not delivered. I also couldn't use the majority of my apps because they were stuck loading forever. It got so bad to where I am having to go to my computer to do things I should be able to do on my phone. Before I got bark, my phone was very responsive and fast, however after it was significantly slow. Their website claims that their app "only slows down internet speeds in minor ways". This is not true whatsoever. I should also add that setting up bark is an over-excessive pain. Their customer service was also unresponsive. They should not charge the amount that they do for a shabby app.

Sofia Rolong2023年3月4日

Ok so, my parents put Bark on my Chromebook and it really just made grow apart from my parents. I understand that this is just trying to keep me safe, but it will flag the stupidest little things ever! Also I can't go on any websites now like Amazon. It's so dumb! Now I'm just afraid to talk to my friends because my parents can see every little thing that is flagged. Also if I'm on a group chat with one person that I don't have saved in my contacts it flags it, I might have just not saved them, this app/extension is also making my Chromebook work way slower. This gives me ZERO PRIVACY with my parents, like some things I just DON'T want to share with them. I don't feel ok with my parents looking at everything I search/watch/post. It also can see what you search in incognito mode. I'm not so sure I'm right about this but... I don't think it matters what device you're on, as long as you linked the account you're using right then, it can flag what you see. Thank you for reading this, have a great day/night.

dominic2023年1月6日

CRINGE It does nothing

Lucas Wing2022年12月16日

its terrible schools should not use it

AI product read

Parental monitoring Chrome extension that tracks children's web browsing activity and Google Gemini AI interactions, sending the data to Bark's backend for content safety analysis

Helps parents monitor their children's online activity for safety risks (cyberbullying, sexting, depression signals, suicidal thoughts) without manually reading through their messages or social media feeds

1. Parent installs Bark for Chrome on child's Chrome browser (child must be signed into Chrome with Google account). 2. Extension monitors all tab navigations and sends URL/title data to Bark's backend API. 3. Extension also intercepts Gemini AI prompts by monkey-patching XMLHttpRequest on gemini.google.com. 4. All data is tagged with the child's Chrome profile email (via chrome.identity). 5. Bark's backend analyzes content for safety concerns and notifies the parent via the Bark service/parent app.

Target users: Parents who want to monitor their children's online browsing activity / Families using the Bark parental monitoring service

Cannot verify whether Bark's backend API rejects or processes data from accounts without active paid subscriptions
The extension has a very small codebase (5 text files) which limits the surface area for hidden features
No UI code present - the extension operates silently in the background with no popup or options page

Monetization

No paid features detected

The extension source code contains no payment processing, subscription tiers, premium feature gating, billing APIs, or upgrade UI. All keyword matches for 'paid' were false positives (matching 'prototype', 'production', 'provider', etc.). The extension is a pure monitoring agent that sends browsing and Gemini prompt data to Bark's backend. Bark.us as a destination service is known to operate on a paid subscription model for parents, but the extension itself does not enforce or gate any functionality behind a paywall.

Confidence: 80
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: Yes
Reason: The extension uses chrome.identity.getProfileUserInfo() to retrieve the Chrome user's email address (monitor.js lines 107, 144; watchdog.js lines 29, 50). If no email is found, the extension silently returns without sending any data (monitor.js line 108, 146). This means the Chrome browser profile must be signed into a Google account for the extension to function. The email is sent as an X-Bark-Email header to Bark's backend API. The extension itself has no login UI; it relies entirely on the Chrome profile's Google account.

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Medium-risk permissions

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Publisher

Bark

Brandon Hilkert

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +19493719176
Address: 695 N Kays Drive STE 4 Kaysville, UT 84037 US

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