Comparison

Bark vs MY智护

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

MY智护

This app connects to specialized detection devices to visualize hair follicles and assess scalp health. It empowers users to monitor their scalp condition anytime, ensuring optimal care for every hair follicle and strand.

Highlights
  • Hair follicle visualization
  • Scalp health detection
  • Connects to detection devices
  • Personalized scalp care
  • Continuous health monitoring
Features
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是专门针对头皮护理定向产品而设计的一款APP, 通过连接对应的检测产品从而做到毛囊的可视化检测, 使头皮健康从看见开始.让生活中的你时刻都可关心头皮健康, 尽心呵护我们的每一个毛囊每一根秀发。

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
MY智护3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MY智护 at none against Bark's 2. MY智护 also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Bark's advantage is ratings volume (110 vs 1). 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. MY智护 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 MY智护. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 110 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, MY智护 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bark versus MY智护: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkMY智护
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄俊 张

Customer experience

Bark

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

MY智护

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

MY智护

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MY智护 free?
MY智护 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or MY智护?
MY智护 is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while MY智护 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bark or MY智护 have ads?
Neither Bark nor MY智护 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or MY智护?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and MY智护 every 3 days. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 25, 2026 and MY智护 on October 24, 2026.

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