Bark

Bark is a digital safety and parental-controls company that helps families keep children safer online and in the real world. Its AI-powered platform monitors texts, email, social media, web browsing, and 30+ apps across more than 20 content categories, flagging potential issues such as online predators, cyberbullying, self-harm, and adult content, and pairs that monitoring with screen-time management, app blocking, web filtering, and GPS location alerts. Bark ships as an app for existing iOS and Android devices as well as purpose-built hardware including the Bark Phone, Bark Watch, and Bark Home.

Bark is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Parental Controls, Child Safety, Online Safety, and Content Monitoring.

Bark’s developer surface includes pricing, engineering blog, support, signup flow, and 7 more developer resources.

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16.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

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CompanyParental ControlsChild SafetyOnline SafetyContent MonitoringScreen TimeFamily TechCybersafety

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 16.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 20

Access Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bark
name: Bark
description: Bark is a digital safety and parental-controls company that helps families keep children safer online and in
  the real world. Its AI-powered platform monitors texts, email, social media, web browsing, and 30+ apps across more than
  20 content categories, flagging potential issues such as online predators, cyberbullying, self-harm, and adult content,
  and pairs that monitoring with screen-time management, app blocking, web filtering, and GPS location alerts. Bark ships
  as an app for existing iOS and Android devices as well as purpose-built hardware including the Bark Phone, Bark Watch, and
  Bark Home.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bark/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://d12jofbmgge65s.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/boy-apps-monitorning.webp
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Parental Controls
- Child Safety
- Online Safety
- Content Monitoring
- Screen Time
- Family Tech
- Cybersafety
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://bark.us/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.bark.us/pricing/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bark.us/blog/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.bark.us/hc/en-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bark.us/privacy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bark.us/terms/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.bark.us/signup/
- type: Login
  url: https://www.bark.us/login
- type: Security
  url: https://www.bark.us/security/
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bark-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bark-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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