Comparison

Bark vs Simple CF

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

Simple CF

Features
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Simple CF is a fast, native iOS and iPadOS client for your Cloudflare account. Connect with a scoped API token you create yourself — no sign-up, no server in between. Your token stays in the device Keychain and is sent only to Cloudflare. FEATURES • DNS — browse your zones, then view, search, add, edit and delete records (A, AAAA, CNAME, TXT, MX), with the proxied (orange-cloud) toggle, TTL and MX priority. Destructive actions are always confirmed. • Workers & Pages — read-only list of your Workers scripts and Pages projects. • Analytics — per-zone traffic (requests, data served, cache ratio, threats) and account Web Analytics (page views and visits per site), with daily charts. • Private by design — your token is the only credential. No backend, no tracking. Optional Face ID / passcode lock. • Universal — iPhone and iPad, light and dark mode, English and Traditional Chinese. Simple CF is an unofficial, third-party app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloudflare, Inc. "Cloudflare" is a trademark of Cloudflare, Inc.

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
Simple CF3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple CF at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. Simple CF asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple CF monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bark versus Simple CF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkSimple CF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (109 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings109 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄ZEYAN LIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
None

Simple CF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple CF free?
Simple CF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bark or Simple CF have ads?
Neither Bark nor Simple CF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or Simple CF?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and Simple CF monthly. Most recently, Bark was updated on September 26, 2026 and Simple CF on September 9, 2026.

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