Grace is the first secure parental control app with more advanced and flexible parental control features
If you are looking for a better Bark alternative and are willing to know the differences between Grace and Bark, this overview will help you make the right decision.
Features comparison
Grace Bark Free version ✅ Yes ❌ No Easy to set up & use ✅ Yes ❌ No No computer & email signup required ✅ Yes ❌ No Protected from removal Parent’s password required to delete the app ✅ Yes ❌ No Limit Daily Screen Time ✅ Yes ❌ No Custom Schedules ✅ Yes ❌ No Block apps & games ✅ All ❌ Only few App Time limits Limit the time a child can spend on a specific app ✅ Yes ❌ No Block in-app purchases ✅ Yes ❌ No Block app installation ✅ Yes ❌ No Block app removal ✅ Yes ❌ No Block Date, Time changes ✅ Yes ❌ No Instant Pause ✅ Yes ❌ No Instant Bock ✅ Yes ❌ No Approve App Store purchases ✅ Yes ❌ No Smart Shortcuts ✅ Yes ❌ No Lock Screen widgets ✅ Yes ❌ No Secure Don’t access and risk child’s sensitive data ✅ Yes ❌ No Pricing, yearly $39.99 $99 Trial 14 day 7 day
Why Grace better than Bark?
Grace is privacy-first parental control
Unlike Bark, Grace is built on Apple’s official Screen Time API. We don’t VPN profiles so that we don’t invade you and your child’s privacy by design. Grace operates using random tokens and IDs and has no access to your child’s sensitive data.
Grace don’t access:
If you want to understand what risks you might take your child into using old-style parental control apps, here is an overview of why MDM-based parental control apps are dangerous.
Multiple custom Schedules
Schedules let you automate repetitive restrictions and schedule them for a specific time, like School, Bedtime, Dinner, etc. You may create any Schedule you want and customize the time, apps and sites to block for that time.
Grace is intuitive, easy-to-use
Grace workks through Family Sharing. No email, no computer, no additional software is needed.
Grace is uninstall protected
Children can easily uninstall Bark to bypass restrictions. Grace, in contrast, can’t be removed from the child’s device without a parent approving it. So Grace is the first parental control you can rely on.
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