Four steps, and no more bargaining.
You install Barake on your phone and on your kid's. From then on, they earn their own screen time, and they decide when to spend it.
You choose the apps to limit
Whole categories or specific apps: games, social media, YouTube… They stay locked until your kid trades some B.
Limited appsGamesThe whole categorySocial mediaTikTok, Snapchat, Instagram…VideoYouTube, Netflix…Always allowedPhone, Messages and school appsYou tick their chores and subjects
At home, a checklist or your own chores. For school, the subjects of their year, with a quiz every day.
At homeTidy their roomSet the tableEmpty the dishwasherFor schoolMathEnglishHistory & geographyThey earn B
With chores you approve in one tap, quizzes graded automatically, and their daily bonus. 1 B = 1 minute of screen time.
Tidy their roomEvery day · photo+20Math quiz5 questions+20Daily bonusIf the blocking held+12They trade their B
For screen time, whenever they want to use it, or for a reward from their shop. When the time is up, everything locks again.
Screen timeYou have 18 minutes left−15+= 15 min of screen timeUp to 30 minutes todayTrade 15 B for 15 min
Chores done, without asking twice.
Room, table, dishwasher, walking the dog: tick what they already do or write your own chores, and set what each one earns. When it's done, your kid sends it to you, with a photo if you asked for one.
- A list of everyday chores, with suggested B.
- A notification when a chore is waiting for your approval.
- Not quite? A short note on what's missing, and they send it again.
- B to give as a gift, no chore needed, whenever you like.
B for what they learned in class.
Tick a subject, and your kid gets a 5-question quiz on it every day, following the official French school curriculum from the first year of primary school to the end of high school. Graded automatically: the B land when they pass, with nothing for you to check.
- Their year's curriculum, chapter by chapter.
- A time limit per question: they need to know their lesson.
- An explanation for every answer.
- Didn't pass? Another try later, and the topics to review.
- Math
- French
- History & geography
- Civics
- English
- Spanish
- German
- Science & technology
- Life & earth sciences
- Physics & chemistry
- Technology
- Philosophy
- Economics & social sciences
- Computer science
- General science
Every day the blocking holds, extra B.
Your kid collects their bonus in one tap, once a day, as long as the blocking stayed on. The longer the streak, the bigger it gets.
- Their week in little squares: what they collected, what's coming.
- A weekly bonus every seven days in a row.
- Miss a day, and the streak starts over.
- Blocking turned off? No bonus that day.
Screen time, or whatever they'd rather have.
They spend their B in their shop: screen time when they want to use it, or a reward you offer. Their B never expire, so they can save up.
- Screen time comes first, in 5-minute steps.
- Your rewards: a dessert, picking tonight's movie, an outing…
- Pocket money: $5 for 150 B, at a rate you adjust.
- You're notified of every trade: hand it over, or decline and their B come back to them.
Limits that hold, whatever happens.
Even with plenty of B saved up, your kid never goes past what you've set. And you decide what is never locked.
Your phone, theirs: every combination works.
You can have an iPhone and your kid an Android, or the other way round. Barake sets up in a few minutes, step by step, and Apple Family Sharing is no longer required.
- On your phoneCreate your parent account, add your kids with their school year, tick their chores and subjects, then stock their shop.
- On your kid's phoneInstall Barake and link it to your account by scanning the code shown on yours.
- You allow the blockingOn iPhone, accept one Apple prompt, with or without Family Sharing. On Android, turn on two settings.
What Barake never sees.
Barake locks and unlocks apps. It reads nothing of what your kid does in them, on iPhone or on Android.
On iPhone
Apple's Screen TimeBarake uses Apple's official parental control technology. Apple doesn't even tell it the names of the apps you choose.
- Block the apps you choose
- Unblock them when your kid trades their B
- Block them again when their time is up
- The names of their apps
- Their messages, photos or visited sites
On Android
Accessibility serviceBarake knows which app opens, so it can block it when needed. It keeps the list of apps you chose; what your kid does in them is never read, and only the number of minutes used is sent to you.
- Know which app is open (its name only)
- Count the minutes spent in the apps you choose
- Show a blocking screen at zero, or at bedtime
- What's on the screen: messages, photos, websites
- What your kid types on the keyboard
No ads
Not in the app, not on your kid's phone. We never sell any data.
No tracking of your kid
No analytics and no advertising ID on their phone. Their screen time is shared with no one.
Photos that don't last
Chore photos can only be seen within your account, and only for 30 days.
Before you start.
What is a B?
Barake's token: 1 B = 1 minute of screen time. Approved chores, passed quizzes and the daily bonus fill your kid's piggy bank. They trade their B themselves when they want to use their apps, or save them for a reward from their shop. Their B never expire.
What can they get with their B?
Screen time, in 5-minute steps, up to the daily cap you set. And the rewards you offer in their shop: a dessert, picking tonight's movie, an outing, or pocket money ($5 for 150 B, at a rate you adjust). When they trade, you're notified: you hand over the reward, or decline and their B come back to them.
Do I need Apple Family Sharing?
No. On your kid's iPhone, Barake uses Apple's Screen Time, with or without Family Sharing: accept one Apple prompt, then Face ID or the phone's passcode. With Family Sharing it's even sturdier: your kid can't remove the permission or delete Barake without your approval.
What if my kid has an Android phone?
Barake works on Android too, whatever phone you have yourself. On theirs, two settings are turned on by hand, in about two minutes: usage access, to count the minutes, and accessibility, to know which app opens and block it.
Can my kid get around Barake?
Barake's settings on their phone are protected by a parent code. On iPhone, if they're in your Family Sharing group, they can't delete the app or remove the permission without your approval; otherwise, they could remove it in their settings. On Android, a determined kid can turn accessibility off. Either way, you see it on your phone, and their daily bonus stops while the blocking is off.
Does Barake read their messages or what they watch?
No, never. On iPhone, Apple doesn't even tell Barake the names of the apps you choose. On Android, only the name of the app that opens is read, on the phone, to block it when needed: nothing of what they do in it. No messages, no photos, no websites visited, nothing typed on the keyboard.
What's free?
Blocking, chores, the daily bonus and the shop, with no limits and for all your kids, plus one school subject each. The subscription unlocks every subject for all your kids: a 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly payment. The exact price is shown in the App Store or Google Play, in your currency, before you confirm anything.
How does the free trial work?
Nothing is charged during the subscription's 7-day trial. It goes through the App Store or Google Play: cancel it in your Apple or Google account settings at least 24 hours before the trial ends, and you won't be billed.
What if the subscription stops?
Barake carries on as the free version: blocking, chores, the daily bonus and the shop stay in place, and so do your kid's B. Only the school subjects beyond the first are paused; they come back as they were when you subscribe again.
Which school years do the quizzes cover?
The quizzes follow the official French curriculum, from CP to terminale (1st to 12th grade): math, French, history and geography, civics, English and science, then Spanish, German, life and earth sciences, physics and chemistry and technology in middle school, and philosophy, economics and social sciences, computer science and general science in high school. Each subject you tick gives a 5-question quiz a day; you pick the chapter, or let your kid choose. For any other school year, chores and the shop are still there.