BARQ! User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience33.2% of reviews
Neutral10.8% of reviews
Negative experience56.0% of reviews

~ Based on 277 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is BARQ! Safe?

BARQ! has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for BARQ! is 61/100.

This assessment is based on 298 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3/5.

Safety Analysis

44.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
45.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 298 App Store ratings for BARQ!.

Is BARQ! Legit?

BARQ! appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for BARQ! is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Sussy

BARQ wrote a statement defending babyfurs on X. I thought it would be more like the Nextdoor app but for furries … instead it just comes off as more of a dating/hookup app because you can display your sexuality and kinks and filter by gender and sexuality when looking for other furries near you. Babyfurs and other questionable kinks can exist there but the. other groups that maybe hold to conservative political views get targeted… I feel like one is much worse than the other but that’s just my opinion cause I no longer want anything to do with this app.
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Account banned for helping someone set up theirs

Very disappointing experience with BARQ. I had an existing account and simply helped my girlfriend set up her own account. Her accounts were immediately banned after setup, and somehow my account ended up banned as well.

I spent several days going back and forth with support trying to get my account restored. I was eventually told that my account cannot be unbanned until all three of her banned accounts are gone, and they asked whether I have access to the email addresses associated with them. I don’t.

I understand having systems in place to prevent abuse, but legitimate users shouldn’t lose their accounts because they helped someone else with setup and then be given a resolution they can’t reasonably complete.

After this experience, I’ve deleted BARQ and won’t be using it anymore.
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Privacy

I don’t often write reviews, however, I e been with this app since day 1, Howlr before it, as others have mentioned, it’s a buggy mess, DMs are so unreliable literally everyone just recommends using telegram, been like that since launch.

The app also enables bad individuals who scam and lie, and won’t do anything to their accounts, even if that person you trusted into your home takes photos and posts them on the app without permission, they will not remove the image despite you being the owner.

I’ve literally had images removed with ease on twitter / X even from Hollywood actors who used my content without permission.

But these guys, nope, so, went over their heads and reported all this to Apple themselves.

I honestly hope your app fails.
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Bro what’s going on

It’s been 3 days and I still haven’t gotten approved, I told my friend about it and he got in as soon as he made his. I got no idea what’s going on, I have everything that they asked to put and more. Like dawg do it job better

Good concept, Bad execution

A lot of quality-of-life improvements are still needed. Message notifications are practically nonexistent, and the app overall feels underdeveloped, with bugs that can be frustrating to users.

I really love the concept, though, and I hope to increase my rating in the future as the app improves. It has the potential to be a great way to build a strong community.
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App supports “babyfurs” and zoophiles

Do NOT download. Creator of app supports “babyfurs”
and zoophiles (a babyfur is a abdl furry) and abdl is people who enjoy baby stuff like sexually so like ageplay

Company Supports baby furs

Absolutely never coming back

uh

cool idea, but overrun with creepy old dudes and … more creepy old dudes.

Moderation

Very bery poor

Great, but people

People are a little weird, but that’s not the app.

Hateful and Bigoted

At one point this app didnt allow you to have ACAB in your profile, they also recently platformed someone that said a part of the furry community should be crucified, and then when they got backlash by sympathizers abouy the posted apologies about it they just deleted the apologies. Terrible app, terrible management, find your friends and community some other way.
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filled with bots and doesn't ever work

this is really poorly managed.

App Nutzlos ohne Zahlung

Neuerdings braucht man Ruf um die App voll nutzen zu können. Und die benötigte letzte Stufe bekommt man nur gegen Bezahlung. Man wird ohne diese nicht mal angezeigt. Das bedeutet also man erscheint nicht in der Suche und ist somit für alle unsichtbar. Wer denkt sich denn so einen Mist aus? Man kann sämtliche basics nicht nutzen die vorher problemlos nutzbar waren. Und das nennen die "Support".... Leute Support ist freiwillig und keine Zwangszahlung damit man die app benutzen darf. Da eine Kontaktaufnahme und Posts in Gruppen nun unmöglich sind wars das für mich mit Barq. Da ist Netflix billiger! Jetzt ist es nur noch einen von vielen Dating Trash Apps die die das Geld aus der Tasche ziehen wollen...
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This app is definitely going downhill overtime I wouldn’t spend any money on it

I don’t like it

Good but can use some work

Really stupid simple to sign up and create a account however, for some unknown issues that I can not upload any pictures of my sonas. The app allows me to tap and get to that point but other than that nothing happens beyond that so it’s frustrating to create an account that you can’t express yourself….
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Reputation levels prevent you from doing anything without paying.

Worked fine for a bit, then suddenly you need to have reputation level 5 to do anything more than like posts, comments, and profiles. You can’t start conversations, you can’t participate in groups, and your profile isn’t shown to anyone without reputation level 5. The only way it tells me it’s possible at all to get reputation level 5 is to be a paid supporter. So basically the entire usability of the app is paywalled now
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Verification Problems

I tried to verify my email, but the verify button and the copied link both just showed a weird error. and there was no other option to verify my acc. So couldn’t even use the app.

I can’t sign up.

I keep trying to send the code to my email and it doesn’t send it to that

Can’t do much without subscription

Used to be able to post and interact with others, now that requires a reputation level 5 which seems to only be attainable with “boosters” aka a subscription plan. Unless there’s something else I’m misunderstanding

Can’t even log in

When I try to log in I get Error Exception: Failed to request code.

I have restarted my phone and deleted and reinstalled the app.

I even tried to sign up again but it tells me the email is already in use.