Comparison

Bark vs Termark

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

Termark

Features
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Termark is a cross-platform SSH and SFTP client. It helps you connect to remote servers, manage hosts, work in the terminal, and transfer files wherever you are. Key features: • SSH terminal with multiple concurrent sessions • SFTP file browsing, upload, download, and management • Host, credential, and group management • Port forwarding • Session recording and playback • Dark mode and iPad support Termark PRO adds encrypted SSH asset sync across platforms, advanced file transfer tools, and server management tools for Docker, systemd, processes, and tmux. Some advanced features require a Termark PRO subscription or lifetime purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.termark.app/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
Termark3 screens

Verdict

The call

Bark and Termark are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Termark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bark versus Termark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkTermark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄世翔 杜

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
2 purchases

Termark

Subscriptions1
  • Termark PRO Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Termark PRO Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Termark free?
Termark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bark or Termark have ads?
Neither Bark nor Termark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or Termark?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and Termark every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bark was updated on November 13, 2026 and Termark on November 13, 2026.

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