Mobicip vs. Bark

Why Choose Mobicip Over Bark?

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Mobicip leads with seamless iOS setup

“Mobicip has worked wonderfully for me and my family over the last year. I’ve recommended it to many people and even included it as my top choice in a seminar our state PTA did last year on internet safety. Thank you for a fantastic app and your quick reply. I am thrilled to find out customer service is as important to you as providing a quality application.”

Here’s how key features offered by Mobicip and Bark compare for families.

Cross Platform Solution

Mobicip covers all the major platforms including Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Kindle, and Chromebook devices.

Bark covers iOS, Android, and Amazon devices.

iOS Device Compatibility

Mobicip has easy setup and excellent monitoring in iOS devices and seamlessly integrated with Apple Screen Time. Real time alerts and powerful uninstall protection.

Bark has complicated setup in iOS platform and requires frequent backups on a computer to receive alerts. No uninstall protection.

Content Filtering

Mobicip provides comprehensive content filtering over 20 web categories with a profanity filter (blocks pages based on specific keywords or profanity) for websites.

Bark Filters websites based on 17 web categories.

Screen Time Limits

Mobicip gives you more flexibility with daily and weekly scheduling. Age-based screen time recommendations and enables blocking and customization of time limits for specific apps and websites. Exceeding daily screen time limits forbids usage.

Bark focuses on daily scheduling and lacks overall screen time limit settings. Category-specific time restriction is not supported. For instance, it’s inconvenient if you want to limit playing online games to 30 minutes/day.

App Blocking

Mobicip allows you to block inappropriate apps over various categories. Whitelist-Only Mode is a unique feature that provides access to only ‘Allowed Websites’. Installation verification sent to Parent for new app installations.

Bark allows individual app blocking No whitelisted apps feature Monitors after the apps are installed

Activity Reports and Alerts

Mobicip provides full overview of browsing history, daily app usage, and screen time. Instant alerts for new app installations, time limit breaches, parental control changes, and visits to inappropriate content.

Bark is specialised for sending alerts for issues like Cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, online predators and more. No instant alerts for all attempted blocked website visits. No Browsing History and reports of daily time spent on each app.

Location Monitoring

Mobicip provides geofencing Alerts, real-time location tracking, location history reports.

Bark provides geofencing and location check-in requests & Lacks real-time location tracking and history.

Social Media Monitoring

Mobicip monitors social media content on Facebook and Snapchat for harmful content and sends real-time alerts.

Bark monitors social media channels for dangerous content and sends real-time alerts.

Additional Parent

Mobicip allows 2 parents or guardians to supervise one family on Mobicip, without having to share their login details.

Bark requires hardware or a joint email account.

Uninstall Protection

Mobicip requires a parent’s Apple account credentials for uninstallation on iOS, adding an extra layer of security to prevent children from bypassing restrictions.

Bark has no protection.

Choose Bark if:

You only want website filtering

You want to monitor teens and tweens: It is not ideal for younger children, as parents want to know what they are doing online.

You require text, photos, and videos monitoring

You are concerned about bullying: Bark has cyberbully alerts in place, designed to let you know when your child might be a victim of cyberbullying, predators, sexting, drug use, or suicidal thoughts.

You are not an iPhone user: In iOS devices Bark is unreliable and the app setup is complicated.

Choose Mobicip if:

You are looking for parental controls suitable for all age groups from younger kids to teenagers: Mobicip is ideal for all age groups with customisable parental control features and restrictions.

You want up-to-the-minute alerts: The real-time alerts with Mobicip scan websites in popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, and social media platforms and applications like Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.

You want an easy setup: Mobicip is simple, letting you create a profile for each child with pre-defined control settings, ranging from strict to mere monitoring.

Your child knows about VPNs: Mobicip excels with integrated VPN and filtering, blocking unauthorized VPNs, and providing real-time alerts, ensuring a secure online environment.

You are on a budget: Mobicip offers budget-friendly plans starting from $2.99/month

You want custom content filtering: The filtering options in Mobicip are plentiful.

You want a reliable app: Mobicip always performs well, does not crash, and is continuously updated to work across platforms.

You want good location monitoring: The location tracking in Mobicip is precise and offers a history of where your child was at what time.

You use iPhones: Mobicip has excellent compatibility with iOS devices and you can protect your child from uninstalling.

You want good app blocking

You want to create geofencing boundaries without any request from parent.

What are Real Customers Saying About Using Bark?

Here are some concerns raised by parents regarding bark:

Easy to bypass on iPhones: “This app is completely useless for older children who know how to delete an app. Without proper restrictions, my child simply uninstalled it, making the monitoring efforts pointless.”

Complex setup process: “Great concept, but I found the app very complex. It takes a while to set up, and syncing the kids’ phones nightly to download the data to the Mobicip app is another hurdle.”

Delayed alerts: “The alerts are delayed by an hour or so. With no backup system, missing these alerts could be critical.”

Inconsistent protection: “It changes the device protection daily, so until I plug the devices back into the computer, they aren’t getting analyzed, which is a super inconvenience.”

What are Real Customers Saying About Using Mobicip?

Here are some feedbacks by parents regarding mobicip:

Stress relief and peace of mind: “It’s great knowing that there is accountability. What great peace it is having it there for my family in these overbearing times of media overload. You are the best. Love your app!”
Ensuring family safety online: “In particular for mobile phones it’s been so helpful getting reports and being able to limit times of use and restrict websites, giving me peace of mind.”
Most user friendly parental control app: “Mobicip is the most user friendly parental app I have found with the great features I needed. I used them for about 5 years straight until I no longer had a need for monitoring. If I ever need to monitor any devices again I will definitely choose them. Great annual fee for what you get.”
Great software and customer service: “I do greatly appreciate the great software you have developed and offer, and I feel it is a very good application. Thanks for your very prompt and nice customer service, it is greatly appreciated.”