Bark vs 飞牛
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
飞牛
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飞牛(fnOS)是一款免费、高效又安全的NAS系统,兼容x86硬件,智能影视刮削,相册支持实况,由NAS骨灰级玩家团队倾心打造,稳定迭代,无损更新。 飞牛App可以轻松访问、管理和使用fnOS私有存储的数据和应用,专注为您提供交互友好、存储高效又安全的NAS系统移动端体验。 【硬件兼容】基于新版 Linux 深度开发,兼容主流x86硬件,闲置旧机可装 【用户友好】只需一个飞牛App即可高效安全访问NAS,简单好上手 【性能超群】内核级高性能文件聚合方案,极高优化性能 【飞牛影视】自动匹配海报和字幕,电影匹配率99%,超级播放器,蓝光杜比,实时转码 【文件管理】支持多用户、权限管理、资源分配;多种文件网络传输协议 【相册】随时备份,释放空间;支持原图、RAW、实况预览;与家人朋友共享美好时光 【备份】支持百度云盘、阿里云盘、飞牛NAS或外部设备的多地备份 【全面掌控】资源监控、系统通知、Docker、系统设置、硬盘管理,全面掌控你的NAS健康运行 --- 关注公众号:飞牛fnOS,了解更多最新消息 商务合作,添加微信号:fn_business 官网:www.fnnas.com,更全面了解飞牛私有云
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 飞牛 at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is review sentiment (98% vs 71%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. 飞牛 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bark against 4.8 for 飞牛. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 109 and 115 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 71% of 飞牛's.
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, 飞牛 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bark | 飞牛 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | 4.8 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better | 71.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109 | 115 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | 广州铁刃智造技术有限公司 |
Customer experience
Bark
飞牛
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
飞牛
No in-app purchases









