Bark vs browser_moon
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/
browser_moon
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- `• 智能搜索与网址直达` - `• 多标签管理与分组` - `• 无痕浏览与隐私选项` - `• 扫码 / OCR / 翻译 / 下载工具` - `• 书签、历史与阅读列表`
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: browser_moon at none against Bark's 2. browser_moon also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. browser_moon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, browser_moon every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bark | browser_moon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | Demir Levent |
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
browser_moon
No in-app purchases
