Bark vs Stackboard
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/
Stackboard
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Stackboard is a clipboard manager that remembers everything you copy, including text, links, and more, so you never have to. iOS only lets apps read your clipboard when you're actively using them, so Stackboard works through a custom keyboard extension. Switch to the Stackboard keyboard from any app, tap what you need, and it's pasted instantly. No jumping between apps, no losing what you copied an hour ago. FEATURES • Full clipboard history, everything you copy is saved automatically • Pin your most used clips so they're always at the top • Search your entire history in seconds • One tap copy from anywhere via the keyboard extension • Auto expiry settings to keep your history clean and private • Optional iCloud sync to access your clips across all your devices PRIVACY FIRST Your clipboard data stays on your device by default. iCloud sync is strictly opt in. Stackboard never sends your data anywhere without your explicit permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stackboard at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price and ads 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. Stackboard asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Bark | Stackboard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | ADIN HALILOVIC |
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
Stackboard
No in-app purchases









