Comparison

Bark vs i山大:山大人行动指南

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

i山大:山大人行动指南

This comprehensive student service platform offers course schedules, library access, and exam arrangements. It aims to provide convenient, integrated services for university students.

Highlights
  • Course schedule lookup
  • Library access
  • Exam arrangement information
  • Integrated student services
  • Convenient platform
Features
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i山大是由山东大学学生在线网络文化工作室自主开发的集课表查询、图书馆、考试安排等功能为一体的为学生提供便利的综合服务平台。

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
i山大:山大人行动指南4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: i山大:山大人行动指南 at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is ratings volume (111 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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. i山大:山大人行动指南 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 i山大:山大人行动指南. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, i山大:山大人行动指南 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bark versus i山大:山大人行动指南: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarki山大:山大人行动指南
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (111 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄山东大学

Customer experience

Bark

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

i山大:山大人行动指南

All ratings1 ratings
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

i山大:山大人行动指南

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is i山大:山大人行动指南 free?
i山大:山大人行动指南 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or i山大:山大人行动指南?
i山大:山大人行动指南 is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 111 ratings, while i山大:山大人行动指南 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bark or i山大:山大人行动指南 have ads?
Neither Bark nor i山大:山大人行动指南 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or i山大:山大人行动指南?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and i山大:山大人行动指南 every 3 months. Most recently, Bark was updated on November 2, 2026 and i山大:山大人行动指南 on November 4, 2026.

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