Comparison

Bark vs RangeController

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bark

Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.

Highlights
  • HTTP API for push notifications
  • Custom icons and grouping
  • Continuous and critical alerts
  • End-to-end push encryption
  • Self-deployable server options
  • Privacy-protected notifications
Features
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RangeController

Features
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1:该集中控制系统通过Windows端“RangeDesigner”进行界面设计,并发布。 2:当“RangeDesigner”设计完成时,iPad/iPhone通过下载同步界面文件。 3:RangeController包括视频播放控制,展厅灯光控制等。

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
RangeController1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RangeController at none against Bark's 2. RangeController also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. RangeController asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, RangeController every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bark versus RangeController: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkRangeController
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (109 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings109 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB18 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer丰 黄奎军 龚

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
None

RangeController

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RangeController free?
RangeController is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bark or RangeController have ads?
Neither Bark nor RangeController shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or RangeController?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and RangeController every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 4, 2026 and RangeController on October 4, 2026.

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