Comparison

Bark vs ServerBox

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

ServerBox

Manage your Linux servers remotely with SSH and SFTP. Control Docker containers and utilize experimental snippet features. Ping your servers to check connectivity.

Highlights
  • SSH client
  • SFTP client
  • Docker/Podman management
  • Snippet feature (experimental)
  • Ping utility
  • Open Source
Features
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This project is completely OPEN SOURCE. You can click the "App Support" button near the score below to download other system versions or compile them by yourself. Support for major Linux distributions. Support SSH, SFTP, docker/podman management, snippet.(experimental feature) Support Ping.

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
ServerBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ServerBox at none against Bark's 2. ServerBox also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Bark's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ServerBox 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 4.9 for ServerBox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 90 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 91% of ServerBox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, ServerBox fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bark versus ServerBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkServerBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (105 ratings)4.9 (90 ratings)
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews — better91.1% of reviews
Number of ratings105 — better90
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄吐司工作室

Customer experience

Bark

All ratings105 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.0%

ServerBox

All ratings90 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

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

ServerBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ServerBox free?
ServerBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or ServerBox?
Bark and ServerBox are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 105 and 90 ratings respectively.
Do Bark or ServerBox have ads?
Neither Bark nor ServerBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or ServerBox?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and ServerBox fortnightly. Most recently, Bark was updated on September 21, 2026 and ServerBox on September 16, 2026.

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