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Bark vs Brown Paper Tickets

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Bark

Software

Keep kids safer online and in real life

From
$5/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Brown Paper Tickets

Software

The fair-trade ticketing company

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Bark the hardware products lock you into 24 month device payments on top of the monthly service; Brown Paper Tickets fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • They diverge on capability: Bark covers AI-powered content monitoring, Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bark and Brown Paper Tickets actually diverge.

Attributes where Bark and Brown Paper Tickets differ
AttributeBarkBrown Paper Tickets
Starting price$5/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptiontransaction
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac, ChromebookWeb, Ios, Android
Founded20152000

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Bark

  • AI-powered content monitoring
  • Social media monitoring
  • Text & email monitoring
  • Screen time management
  • Web filtering
  • Location tracking
  • Check-in alerts
  • Cyberbullying detection

Only in Brown Paper Tickets

  • Ticketing
  • Will call
  • Seating charts
  • Reporting
  • Customer service
  • PayPal
  • Google Analytics
  • Mailchimp

Both cover

  • Facebook

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Bark

  • Monitoring a child's texts, social media and photos for concerning contentnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Blocking websites and apps by schedulenot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Location tracking for a child's phone or watchnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • Screen time limits across home devicesnot Brown Paper Tickets
  • A restricted phone or watch with no browser or social medianot Brown Paper Tickets

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Selling tickets for events, performances and workshopsnot Bark
  • Handling ticket distribution and door lists for independent organisersnot Bark

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Bark

  • The hardware products lock you into 24 month device payments on top of the monthly service
  • The app costs more on iOS at $20 a month than on Android at $14, because of what Apple allows a monitoring app to do
  • Sold in the United States only, with the app also available in South Africa and Australia
  • Bark Home at $6 a month covers home network devices only and does not travel with a phone

Brown Paper Tickets

  • Fees are charged to ticket buyers rather than the organiser, at $1.49 plus 6.0% of the ticket price in USD
  • The 6.0% applies regardless of payment method, including when the organiser uses their own merchant account or PayPal
  • The flat component varies by currency, running from roughly $0.99 to $1.99 equivalent
  • Because the buyer pays, the advertised ticket price is not what the buyer is charged

Pricing, plan by plan

Bark

$5/month
  • Bark Jr$5/month
    • Screen time scheduling
    • Web filtering
    • Location tracking
  • Bark Premium$14/month
    • Everything in Bark Jr
    • Content monitoring
    • 30+ social platforms

Brown Paper Tickets

Free
  • StandardFree
    • $0.99 + 5% per ticket
    • Free events free
    • All features

Which should you pick?

Choose Bark if

  • You need ai-powered content monitoring.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebook.
  • You also want social media monitoring.
Bark review

Choose Brown Paper Tickets if

  • You need ticketing.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want will call.
Brown Paper Tickets review

Questions people ask

Is Bark or Brown Paper Tickets better?
Neither clearly leads. Bark starts at $5/month and Brown Paper Tickets at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bark or Brown Paper Tickets?
Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $5/month for Bark and Free for Brown Paper Tickets.
Does Bark or Brown Paper Tickets run on more platforms?
Bark runs on Web, Ios, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebook. Brown Paper Tickets runs on Web, Ios, Android.
Can I use Brown Paper Tickets for free?
Yes. Brown Paper Tickets has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Bark starts at $5/month.
What is Bark best used for?
Bark is most often used for monitoring a child's texts, social media and photos for concerning content, blocking websites and apps by schedule, location tracking for a child's phone or watch, screen time limits across home devices. Of those, monitoring a child's texts, social media and photos for concerning content and blocking websites and apps by schedule are not what Brown Paper Tickets is typically brought in for.
What can Bark do that Brown Paper Tickets cannot?
Bark covers AI-powered content monitoring, Social media monitoring, Text & email monitoring, Screen time management. Brown Paper Tickets covers Ticketing, Will call, Seating charts, Reporting. Both handle Facebook.
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