Comparison

Bark vs 图标盒子

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

图标盒子

Features
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爱思考,爱图标。 现在我们使用手机和软件,功能和美观并重。但是很多软件在提供功能的同时,并没有提供一套完善,强大的图标选择器,由此灵感,图标盒子为此应运而生。让您的其他软件方便选择丰富的图标,并且提供了良好的图标管理机制。 主要功能: * 搜索图标 * 直接选择图标 * 保存图标到相册 未来他也会更加强大。 *注:目前FantasyPass(奇密)对图标盒子做了兼容,您可以针对很方便的在奇密中使用它来选择图标。 本软件已完全由SwiftUI采用MMVC模式编写,让我们不断发掘探索发掘更强大的特性。

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
图标盒子4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 图标盒子 at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (111 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. 图标盒子 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bark against 5.0 for 图标盒子. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 100% of 图标盒子's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, 图标盒子 every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bark versus 图标盒子: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBark图标盒子
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (111 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄凯 程

Customer experience

Bark

All ratings109 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.0%

图标盒子

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

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

图标盒子

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 图标盒子 free?
图标盒子 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or 图标盒子?
图标盒子 is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while 图标盒子 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bark or 图标盒子 have ads?
Neither Bark nor 图标盒子 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or 图标盒子?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and 图标盒子 every 15 months. Most recently, Bark was updated on November 6, 2026 and 图标盒子 on November 3, 2026.

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