Bark vs LAOS
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/
LAOS
This app offers shared electric bike services for short urban trips. It aims to improve city travel experiences through innovative internet solutions and affordable costs.
- Shared electric bike service
- Short-distance urban travel solutions
- Innovative internet thinking
- Economical travel costs
- Improved urban travel experience
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LAOS-GO is committed to providing shared electric bike riding services to solve the short-distance travel problems within 5 kilometers faced by urbanites. It uses innovative Internet thinking and economical travel costs to improve urban people's travel experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bark at 98% against LAOS's 0%. Bark also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (109 vs 3). LAOS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. LAOS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bark holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 109 ratings behind it against 3, 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 0% of LAOS's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bark | LAOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | Wuhan Huakexunce Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Bark
LAOS
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
LAOS
No in-app purchases









