PhoneIoT vs Bark for Schools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhoneIoT
This app connects to a block-based programming environment, enabling remote access to your device's sensors and display. Students can create interactive projects, like using their device as a remote control for robots.
- Connects to NetsBlox educational programming environment
- Remotely access iOS device sensors
- Control device display from code
- Create engaging programming projects
- Enable device as robot remote control
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PhoneIoT allows you to connect to NetsBlox (https://editor.netsblox.org/?), a block-based educational programming environment, and remotely access your iOS device's sensors and display from code. Along with some of the other distributed computing services available through NetsBlox, this allows students to create highly engaging projects, such as turning your iOS device into an accelerometer-enabled remote control driving a virtual or physical robot rolling around on the ground (via the pre-existing RoboScape service on NetsBlox).
Bark for Schools
This app monitors school-issued accounts for potential student safety issues. It scans emails, chats, and files for concerns like bullying, predators, and suicidal ideation, offering a free safety solution for K-12 schools.
- Monitors school-issued accounts
- Detects bullying and predators
- Scans emails, chats, and files
- Provides alerts for safety issues
- Free for K-12 schools
- Protects students online
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Download the Bark for Schools app to manage settings and access alerts from your mobile device. ** What is Bark for Schools? Bark for Schools is a free student and school safety product that detects potential issues across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Chrome to help protect students online and in real life. Our award-winning monitoring tool scans emails, chats, and saved files for issues like bullying, online predators, sexual content, suicidal ideation, and more. Bark for Schools was launched in response to the Parkland school shooting tragedy in 2018, and this community giveback is made possible by the success of our product for families. Free and available to every public and private K–12 school in the U.S.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhoneIoT at 5.0 against Bark for Schools's 2.3. PhoneIoT also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 29 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhoneIoT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
PhoneIoT ships an update every 2 weeks, Bark for Schools every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhoneIoT | Bark for Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Devin Jean | Bark Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
PhoneIoT
Bark for Schools
In-app purchases
PhoneIoT
No in-app purchases
Bark for Schools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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