Bark Kids
33
Quality Score
Emerging
Bark Kids
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Bark Kids is an iOS app from Bark Technologies, Inc. in the Social Networking category, currently rated 1.3★ across 9,047 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 33: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Social Networking app, that means early traction worth watching. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$100K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $75K – $135K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (69 MB) | +$7K |
| ⚙ Social Networking complexity ×1.70 | +$40K |
Total estimate
$100K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$10K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $10K – $15K · 13× MRR multiple
💸
~0.1× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating < 3.5 (weak) | -18% |
| 🏷 Social Networking category multiple | +5% |
Final multiple
13× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
810K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
200K
Daily active
110K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Social Networking engagement | ~90 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Social Networking D30 retention | 25% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.55 |
DAU / MAU
55% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Stalled · 40/100MID TIERno growth momentumGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.6
Product Quality
2.4
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
5.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 1.31★ across 9,047 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (9,047 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Below-average rating (1.3★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| too expensiveREVIEW | −$1,000 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Established app (6y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v5.0.0
- Added ability to disable location tracking from the Parent App
- Added the ability to backup media from device
- Added the ability to backup media from device
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Bark Kids
- Developer
- Bark Technologies, Inc.
- Bundle ID
- us.bark.Bark-iOS-Child2
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Social Networking
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Parental controls reimagined
- Description
- Learn how Bark's parental controls can help you protect your kids online and in real life with monitoring, screen time controls, and more.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $775/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Social Networking
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- twitter.com/barktechco
- linkedin.com/in/trentscovell
- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/barktechnologies · instagram instagram.com/barktechnologies · linkedin linkedin.com/in/trentscovell · twitter twitter.com/barktechco · youtube youtube.com/barktechnologies
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- bark.us/contact-us
- About page
- bark.us/about
📈Ratings growth9,114 ratings+55% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (41 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Bark Kids is the free child companion app for both Bark and Bark Jr. To use it, you’ll need to have an established Bark account and install Bark Kids on your child’s device. Here are the features this app enables:
SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT
Families can set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).
WEB FILTERING
Our web filter lets you select which websites your child can access on their devices.… View full description on the official store →
SCREEN TIME MANAGEMENT
Families can set healthy time limits and create schedules for when their children’s devices can connect to the internet (through both cell service and Wi-Fi).
WEB FILTERING
Our web filter lets you select which websites your child can access on their devices.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 69 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v5.0.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Social Networking💰 Free
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
10 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↓ 1.74 → 1.31 (dropped 0.43★)
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 1.74 → 1.30 (dropped 0.44★)
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2025-01
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-12
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2024-11
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2024-11
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.50 (improved 0.50★)
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 1.26087★ | 69 | 1.26087★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 1.51064★ | 47 | 1.51064★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 1★ | 4 | 1★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4★ | 5 | 4★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 1★ | 1 | 1★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 0★ | 0 | — |
| 🇺🇸 US | 1.31347★ | 9,111 | 1.31347★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Bark Kids: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 9,047 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Bark Kids make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Bark Kids earns approximately $775/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Bark Kids?▴
Bark Kids is published by Bark Technologies, Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Bark Kids's BU Score?▴
Bark Kids has a BU Score of 33/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.