Custom sounds
Make critical alerts ring for the full 30 seconds, like a call.
Critical alerts make Bark keep ringing: it loops the sound you picked up to 30 seconds, the longest iOS allows. Bark's own sounds last 1 to 7 seconds, so looped they stutter. TickTap offers sounds that already run close to 30 seconds; imported into Bark, they ring straight through, more like an incoming call.
Download
| Sound name | What it sounds like | Download |
|---|---|---|
ticktap-phone | An old telephone bell, the most like a call | ticktap-phone.caf |
ticktap-landline | A landline: one ring, then a few seconds' pause | ticktap-landline.caf |
ticktap-buzzer | An electronic buzzer alarm | ticktap-buzzer.caf |
ticktap-clock | A mechanical alarm clock, ringing on | ticktap-clock.caf |
ticktap-watch | A digital watch beeping | ticktap-watch.caf |
ticktap-pager | A pager | ticktap-pager.caf |
ticktap-piezo | A shrill piezo buzzer | ticktap-piezo.caf |
Each is a 29.5-second .caf of about 700 KB, levelled to the same loudness.
Import into Bark
- Open this page in Safari on your iPhone and tap a link above to save the file to the Files app.
- In Bark, open Alert Sound, tap Upload Sound under Custom Sounds, and pick the file.
- Back in TickTap's Settings, enter the sound name (for example
ticktap-phone) under Sound, save, and send a test push to hear it.
Replacing a sound you imported?
Bark skips a file whose name it already has, and it keeps its looped 30-second copy. To switch to a new file, delete the old sound in Bark first, and preferably give the new one another name.
A sound name that was never imported plays the iPhone's default alert instead.
Credits
These sounds are cut from CC0 recordings by Joseph Sardin on BigSoundBank, free to use and share. The repository's apps/web/scripts/build-sounds.ts builds them.