Comparison

Bark vs EVlog

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

EVlog

This app visualizes your calendar data through charts and graphs, offering multi-dimensional analysis of your time allocation. It also includes a timing mode to track specific activities and record them directly into your system calendar. Your privacy is protected as all data remains within your device's calendar.

Highlights
  • Visualize calendar data with charts
  • Multi-dimensional time analysis
  • Task timing and recording
  • Privacy protection
  • System calendar integration
Features
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Calendarlog is a time management and recording app. Compared to other management apps, Calendarlog stands out for its extreme simplicity and power. And the reason behind all of this is that it is built entirely on top of the system's calendar. Leveraging the inherent strength of the system calendar, Calendarlog primarily focuses on two things: visualizing the calendar and supporting calendar entries through timing. If you're already using a calendar, then Calendarlog is definitely what you need. 1. Visualize Calendar Data: The Calendarlog app presents the data from the system calendar in intuitive line graphs, bar charts, and pie charts, allowing you to easily understand your time allocation. 2. Multi-dimensional Analysis: Based on your preferences, you can analyze data on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, gaining deeper insights into patterns and trends in your time utilization. 3. Timing Mode: The Calendarlog app supports a timing feature, enabling you to track the time spent on specific tasks or activities by setting timers. The recorded data can be directly written into the system calendar for easy reference and management. 4. Privacy Protection: Since the data is completely stored in the system's calendar and only accessed during visualization, Calendarlog itself does not store any data. Your privacy is 100% guaranteed. WEB:https://calendarlog.app/ term of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Email:calendar@metaorder.ltd

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
EVlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bark at 4.9 against EVlog's 1.0. Bark also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 1) and review sentiment (98% vs 85%). EVlog's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and EVlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bark holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 85% of EVlog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, EVlog weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bark versus EVlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkEVlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (105 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings105 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄MetaOrder Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Bark

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

EVlog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
1 purchases

EVlog

One-time1
  • lifetime pro$5.99

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EVlog free?
EVlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bark or EVlog?
Bark is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while EVlog averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bark or EVlog have ads?
Neither Bark nor EVlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or EVlog?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and EVlog weekly. Most recently, Bark was updated on September 21, 2026 and EVlog on August 29, 2026.

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