Bark vs DLO Scan
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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/
DLO Scan
Read full descriptionHide full description
DLO Scan turns the iPhone in your pocket into a wireless barcode scanner for your computer. Point the camera at a barcode, QR code, IMEI or serial number and it is typed into your computer instantly — exactly as if you had typed it on the keyboard. It lands wherever your cursor is: a spreadsheet cell, a stock system, a web form, anything. No more buying a scanner gun. No more typing long IMEI numbers by hand. HOW IT CONNECTS A small free receiver (about 25 MB) runs on your Windows, Mac or Linux computer — no installer and no administrator password. Open it, tick “Start with this computer”, and your iPhone finds it on the same Wi-Fi. A four-digit number appears on both screens; tap Allow on the computer once, and you are paired. After that, every scan is typed straight into whatever app is in front of you. You can also use DLO Scan with no computer at all: codes are saved in History and exported as CSV for Excel. BUILT FOR REAL WORK • Fast, accurate on-device decoding — no waiting, no server • QR, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ITF, Codabar, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec • Automatic Enter after each code, so the next spreadsheet row is ready • Prefix and suffix text • Duplicate detection — a different beep, and the code is not sent twice • Beep and vibration on every successful scan • Torch and zoom, for dark shelves and tiny labels • Full scan history with one-tap CSV export • Manual entry for damaged labels • Screen stays awake while you work • Kurdish and English interface PRIVATE BY DESIGN DLO Scan has no servers, no accounts, no analytics and no ads. Scanned codes go only to the computer you paired with, over your own local network. The connection is encrypted and locked to that computer. Nothing is uploaded, and the camera is used only to decode barcodes: no photo is ever taken or stored. The free computer receiver for Windows, macOS and Linux: https://dloit.github.io/dlo-scan/get.html
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DLO Scan at none against Bark's 2. Bark's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. DLO Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Bark | DLO Scan |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | dlawar hassan |
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
DLO Scan
No in-app purchases









