iBark

Chrisa | Feb 13, 2009 Entertainment

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Do you have a dog? Does it bark, ever? Great. Then you don’t need iBark from SARGE Games. Of course, if you don’t have a dog, or a neighbor with a dog, or a friend with a dog, and you like to hear a dog barking, this is your app.

iBark is a remarkably simple application that plays different English Bulldog growls, barks, and wimpers that are recorded from, according to the developer, the actual bulldog pictured on the wallpaper, Cookie. Cookie creeped me out because he appears, on the wallpaper, to have no pupils. I don’t know if that was the developer’s lazy attempt at removing red-eye, or if the dog really is possessed by demons, but it creeped me out just the same.

You can choose what bark or growl or whine you want to hear and if you want it to loop infinitely (no, thank you). There are also settings called Watch Dog, where, when set, will cause your iPhone to bark the next time it’s touched, and Attack Dog, which lets you set a timer for up to 30 seconds, sneak up on a friend, and scare the crap out of them.

Would I spend $0.99 on this application? I would, if I were a 19-year-old, beer soaked frat boy who still giggled uncontrollably at dick and fart jokes. If you’re not a 19-year-old, beer soaked frat boy, I recommend you try the free iBark Lite to see if you can tolerate Cookie on a permanent basis.