Changelog

What's new in each version of BarkCard.

v1.0.2

2026-08-29Latest

Fixes remote monitoring, adds reaction clips for comfort sounds, and gives quiet sessions a proper report card.

Remote monitoring — the live feed showed nothing. If the port was already taken, usually by a second copy of BarkCard, the server failed to start but the app still displayed a QR code for it, and every video frame and stat was then discarded without a word. The port is now checked before the code is shown, and a clash says so plainly.
Recording could start twice — a failed start left the button looking untouched, so pressing it again began a second recording while the first kept running in the background, filling your disk. Only one recording can now be in progress at a time.
Sessions left open by a crash are now closed automatically on the next launch, instead of lingering and holding on to their footage.
Comfort sound names vanished when moving between versions of the app. Names are stored with the clips now.
Comfort sound playback failed silently on some machines. Recorded clips are converted properly, and a clip that will not play says why instead of doing nothing.
Muted computer — if comfort sounds are on and your volume is muted or very low, BarkCard asks before starting rather than playing to an empty room.
Startup failures are explained — if BarkCard cannot open your data, it now says why instead of closing instantly with no message.

Reaction clips (Pro) — when a comfort sound plays, BarkCard keeps the footage that follows so you can see how your dog responded. Reactions appear on the report card and in the highlight reel, and the session timeline marks the moment each sound played.
Report cards for quiet sessions — a session with no barking now produces a proper report card and a short reel sampled across the recording. A quiet dog is the result you were hoping for, and it should look like one.
Rename and disable individual comfort sounds, and choose how much footage to keep after each one plays.

Update from v1.0.1 through the app, or download below. Your sessions, report cards, and comfort sounds carry over.

2026-08-29

Adds Comfort Sounds for Pro, and fixes license activation, video import, and several Windows problems.

Comfort Sounds (Pro) — record your own voice or import calming audio, and BarkCard plays a clip at random intervals while you're out. Name your clips, switch them on and off individually, and set how often they play. Every report card shows when clips played and compares how much your dog vocalized before and after each one.
Sound cues — short, quiet tones when a report card starts, ends, or finishes processing. Turn them off in Settings → Preferences.
Clearer notifications — errors and warnings now appear in the bottom-right instead of failing silently.

License activation — activating a Pro license failed for every customer with a misleading "Invalid license key" error. Activation requests were missing a required field, so the key was rejected before it was ever checked. Your key was always valid; the app just never asked correctly.
Recording stopped when you navigated away — starting a report card and then visiting Settings or History silently ended the session. Recording now continues wherever you are in the app.
Start button did nothing on failure — if a session couldn't start, nothing was shown at all. Failures now explain themselves, including microphone and camera problems, with the exact setting to check for your operating system.
Video import produced no clips or reel — the bundled ffmpeg rejected the video tag used during clip extraction, so every clip failed silently and no highlight reel was produced.
Empty highlight reels on Windows — Windows file paths were mangled when clips were stitched together, producing a reel of zero length.
Console windows on Windows — black command windows no longer flash on screen while video is processed.
In-app updater — update packages were never generated or signed on Windows and Linux, so the updater pointed at files that did not exist.

If you bought a Pro license and could not activate it, no action is needed beyond updating — your existing key will work.

2026-06-17

The first public release of BarkCard.

On-device AI monitoring — YAMNet classifies barks, howls, whimpers, and growls in real time, entirely on your machine
Report cards — every session produces a detailed report with stats, vocalization timeline, video clips, highlight reel, and letter grade (A+ to F)
Progress tracking — see trends over time: vocalization rate, quiet streaks, time to first bark
Video clips & highlight reels — automatic clip extraction around each vocalization, stitched into a shareable reel
Remote monitoring (Pro) — watch the live camera feed from your phone via local network
AI training insights (Pro) — personalized recommendations based on your dog's patterns
Import video — analyze existing recordings from cameras or phones
Achievement badges — milestones to keep you motivated during training
Shareable report card images — generate branded 1080x1080 images to share