# Barking Dog Monitor & Control — Reprimand and Praise your Pup

> Remote dog barking monitor and control with analysis and training tools. (iPhone/iPad app by John Hall.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barking-dog-monitor-and-control/id805343896 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [John Hall](https://appshunter.io/developer/767029761)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: $6.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.40/5 from 5 App Store ratings · 43 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 102 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2014-02-08
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barking-dog-monitor-and-control/id805343896/reviews.md

## What is Barking Dog Monitor & Control?

Is your dog barking while you are out? Is the dog next door continually barking? Run monitoring sessions to record and control excessive barking. You can see the results immediately through the use of graphical displays. The lower graph shows you a visual summary of the entire monitoring session while the upper graph shows instantaneous barking activity.

Was your dog disturbed? Was it lonely? Was it playing? See why your dog is barking with color analysis graphs which show the dog’s mood from the sounds in the bark.

Your initial acquisition provides you with everything you need to monitor and control your dog(s) barking. Unlimited monitoring duration, playback of a recorded reprimand to check your dog when it barks followed up by praise when it stops. Fast review features save you time when you get home.

You can monitor for well in excess of 12 hours as 'Bark'n Mad' has low storage and battery usage with background and screen-off recording.

If your dog is a barker you have further optional facilities to help control it:
・ Whistles to attract your dog’s attention
・ Boost the volume of your reprimand and praise recordings
・ Fine-tune when your reprimand and praise recordings are replayed
・ Support for Bluetooth hands free devices for recording and playback of reprimands and praise
・ Remotely view the monitoring session graphs on your iPhone
・ Setup periodic email updates and barking alerts for monitoring sessions
・ Access session recordings from your computer.

Additional features are available for raising or responding to complaints about barking:
・ Email download links to recording copies
・ Email download links to guaranteed unaltered recording copies
・ Capture and email monitoring and playback summary graphs as required.
・ Prove where the monitoring session was recorded (with the unlimited version)

Where barking complaints have occurred we recommend that both parties to the complaint (the neighbor and the owner) run Bark’n Mad to record barking and work together for a solution.

APP STORE REVIEWS

Excellent!!! Brilliant!.....highly recommended. Listen to what your dogs have been up too while your out. Very sensitive microphone. Absolutely genius app. Just what I was looking for to help train my dogs to be quiet while I am out and find out if the neighbours are over exaggerating. Picks up every single noise and very long recording time. Hope more quality apps like this to follow. Great tool.
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We recently got a rescue dog not used to having his own 'pack' and certainly not to being left alone. We were concerned he might be barking and that this would annoy or worry neighbours. We tried this app for the first time today and it worked perfectly! After an hour in, he started whining and barking a little, enough for the '20 second' criteria to be reached and the prerecorded 'quiet' message to be played. To my amazement listening to the recording afterward, he quietened down, was rewarded with the 'praise' I had recorded, and was quiet for the rest of the time we were out! Just amazing.
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I would like to say, however, that your App completely solved my "barking dog" problem, and in one hit! Our dog is a reasonably well trained golden retriever, but our neighbour informed us in strained tones (so I guess it must have been going on for a while), that whenever we both went out, which was infrequent, the dog barked incessantly until our return. In more desperation than any real hope, I picked up my trusty iPad and googled.  Your App came up, so I installed it and tried it.  I had noted the "Record reprimand" and "Record praise" bits.  I was looking forward to hearing the result. From its first use, the dog, now, never barks when we go out, even if I don't leave the iPad! I think he's still trying to figure out how I knew, and was able to tell him off when he couldn't see me!
Congratulations on a fantastic App!
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Please read the other reviews …

## Key features

- Record and control excessive barking
- Graphical display of barking activity
- Color analysis of dog's mood
- Playback of reprimands and praise
- Low storage and battery usage
- Email alerts and session summaries
- Remote graph viewing

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $6.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Version. | $9.99 | one-time |
| Email a copy of the monitoring/review screen. | $2.99 | one-time |
| Remote Monitoring using iCloud Drive. | $4.99 | one-time |
| Use a Tritone Whistle as an Attention Grabber | $1.99 | one-time |
| Single Tone Whistle. | $1.99 | one-time |
| Boost the replay volume of your recorded commands. | $1.99 | one-time |
| Choose when reprimand and praise are played | $1.99 | one-time |
| Enable emailing of periodic updates and barking alerts. | $3.99 | one-time |
| Export and Email Links to Monitor Recordings | $2.99 | one-time |
| Email Protected Unaltered Recordings | $4.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 43)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/barking-dog-monitor-and-control/id805343896/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Wouldn’t detect a dog bark even if it bit it!

*2026-05-09, version 3.8.3*

What a lazy piece of software development this is, charts all noise in a line graph with nothing to distinguish a bark from a squeaky chair. According to this app, my chair is anxious. This App had one job, and it failed miserably at it, plus the interface is horrible, and it’s not stable. I want my money back John!

### 1/5 — Terrible app

*2025-05-06, version 3.8.2*

This app is terrible- the monitoring cannot differentiate between a noise and a bark. Don’t waste your money

### 1/5 — Junk

*2024-09-20, version 3.7.1*

Crashes all the time on my iPad.  Not sure how the reviews are so good, one of the most amateurish apps I’ve ever seen.

### 1/5 — Horrible app

*2024-06-27*

Was recommended getting this app by an officer with my local council to record the neighbors dogs barking. I reluctantly paid money for the app. I started recording my next-door, neighbors, dogs, and quickly realized that basic functionality such as saving the recordings required an in-app purchase. save yourself some money. Don’t buy this app.

### 1/5 — It is useless

*2023-09-30, version 3.6.17*

Picks up every do

### 5/5 — Great app

*2021-09-12, version 3.6.17*

Neighbours did not believe how much their dog barked when they went out. It was a constant annoyance. Now they are aware. Thanks bark n mad

### 1/5 — Waste of time and money

*2021-08-16, version 3.6.17*

I do not mind wasting money to buy an app that states my dog barked 1987 times when it barked once. What annoys me is I wasted $915 buying the iPad to use this app on.  It stated the bus that went past wasn’t a happy bus, the school children making noise were excited. This is no more than an ambient recording device that is not doing what it states it does. I should report this to the ACCC.

### 2/5 — No longer working!

*2020-03-23, version 3.6.14*

I’ve been using this app for over a year and now it won’t even stay open! I can report the error, or do anything!

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2020-03-22, version 3.6.14*

App doesn’t work on my new iPad Pro or my wife’s 1 year old IPad Pro. Refund please. Application support is to a website for an account that is suspended. Very disappointing.

### 1/5 — Suddenly family sharing stops working

*2020-01-29, version 3.6.14*

We use the family iPad to monitor the dogs during the day and after about a month or so of use, now it says family sharing not allowed.

## Frequently asked questions about Barking Dog Monitor & Control

### What does the Barking Dog Monitor & Control app do?

This app allows you to monitor and control excessive dog barking remotely. You can record barking sessions, view real-time and historical barking activity through graphical displays, and even analyze your dog's mood based on the sounds of their barks.

### How can I use the app to train my dog?

The app enables you to play back recorded reprimands when your dog barks excessively and then play back praise when they stop. This immediate feedback helps train your dog to be quiet, especially when you are not home. You can also use optional whistles to attract their attention.

### Is the app free to use?

The initial acquisition of the app provides core monitoring and control features. However, additional advanced facilities for further control, enhanced reporting, and complaint resolution are available as optional in-app purchases.

### What devices is the Barking Dog Monitor & Control app compatible with?

The description mentions that you can remotely view monitoring session graphs on your iPhone, and access session recordings from your computer. It also supports Bluetooth hands-free devices for recording and playback.

### How can this app help with neighbor complaints about barking?

The app provides detailed recordings and graphical summaries of barking sessions, which can be used to objectively demonstrate barking activity. You can email download links for recordings and summary graphs, and even prove where the monitoring session was recorded with the unlimited version, facilitating a collaborative solution between parties.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.8.3 — 2025-05-23

Bug fix: App closes on iPad when attempting to open the Options Page

### 3.8.2 — 2025-02-08

- Updated App Store Video

### 3.8.1 — 2025-02-06

- Update of App Store images
- Refresh build

### 3.7.1 — 2024-03-08

Further updates to better handle iPhone notches.
All support links double checked - no issues found.

### 3.7.0 — 2023-11-24

Updates to better handle iPhone notches.

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