Comparison

Bark vs Hooply smart

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

Hooply smart

Features
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Hongli smart app is mainly a product providing all-round services for all users who are using "Hongli smart lock". Users can use the app to open the door password, fingerprint, ID card, management password, set and change the function. At the same time, they can also use Bluetooth to open the door. Our platform provides users with a service that can rent the device lock package. Users can use the device lock without paying. When salesmen / installers go to promote our products, they can first let users experience the rental package. If users feel very satisfied, they can choose to buy out the business immediately.

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
Hooply smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hooply smart at none against Bark's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. Hooply smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, Hooply smart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bark versus Hooply smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkHooply smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB435 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer丰 黄浙江鸿利锁业有限公司

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

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

Hooply smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hooply smart free?
Hooply smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bark or Hooply smart have ads?
Neither Bark nor Hooply smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or Hooply smart?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hooply smart every 6 weeks. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 25, 2026 and Hooply smart on October 24, 2026.

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