Stable signalNo paid features detectedMedium-risk permissions

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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1.22

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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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Overview

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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

Store average score: 1.2. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Kai Fishburn2021年5月24日

It works to monitor me and my sister, and even though it's not my favorite thing I still respect Bark's developers for keeping me safe.

WandaBro52021年5月19日

THE worst app you can ever get it got me in trouble at school for the dumbest stuff AND it blocks stuff that is not even bad

Josh Meighan2021年5月17日

This App is the worse thing to happen to me in a long time. My parents put this on my device & linked all my stuff. This has absolutely ruined my social life.I had friends that I can't even talk to anymore because of this apps stupid restrictions. My parents treat me like a five year old who doesn't know how to make his own decisions. I'm 15 nearly 16 and they're just now deciding to get this app right as I have an actual social life. God, I've never hated my parents more. If any parents are reading this. Find a better way. No kid or teenager is gonna be okay with you just accessing everything they have. Don't treat your kids like belongings. They aren't just people that live in your house for you to tell what to do. This app will ruin any relationship you may have with your kids. I hate my parents now and can just never work up the gut to say it to their face. The only reason I haven't just left the house is because I can't drive yet. Screw this app. It's an invasion of privacy and any parent who gets this is a terrible parent who would rather know everything their kid is doing than just teaching them better.

YES YES NO NO NO fine2021年4月8日

this app sucks

Sara m2021年3月30日

ok so i don't have bark, but my parents got it for my phone and i HATE what it's done. like literally anything REMOTELY questionable gets "flagged". and even if it's not questionable. like it flagged like ABREVIATIONS for cuss words or phrases. like wt... and Lm... like honestly. Now i guess in some senses it's made me smarter, but im not really sure that's a good thing. like i still talk about the same stuff, its just iv'e taken those conversations off screen/devices/the internet. it's annoying because there are a ton of funny things, nonharmful, not offensive, not necessarily pg or clean things that i can't say/pin/post/look up anymore. at best bark is annoying, and at worst, it...its even more annoying is the most i can say without gettting "flagged"

Ethan Fallon2021年3月29日

people are upset about this app but all its really trying to do is keep you safe i just wish that it would give me more privacy! i understand that its trying to keep me safe but sometimes it freaks over the littlest of things! other then that i understand that the app wants to help us and that okay but i just wanna do my own thing! i'm not going on bad website or anything so can bark CHILL? i feel like everything i do is being watched thats all im trying to say

Lana Khan2021年3月22日

it says it only alerts ur parents if u do something "bad". that means its actually watching u and ur privacy is out the window. it doesn't even deserve 1 star, it deserves 0! ur parents wanna keep you safe but reading emails and search history, even what u watch on youtube is a horrible invasion of privacy. i mean, what do ur parents thing ur gonna do, watch pc0r4n?? ur probably gonna watch a Minecraft video or something. this makes me feel like my parents don't trust me and think im dumb. pls remove it from the chrome web store. thx :D

Maya2021年3月16日

This app is absolutely horrible! Do I really need to say what is wrong with this? Look at all the other comments! SHUT THIS EXTENSION DOWN!

Ethan Oler2021年3月16日

this has actually broken my phone I don't have any mobile data even when the settings were flipped to give it back to me through bark. Im 14 and my stepdad installed it on my phone to see if im doing anything ileagle outside of the house aside from it doing its job it has broken the devices that it has been put on dont use

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.

Permission risk

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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