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# Hark Pro’s Australian App Store listing shows an assistant built around connected accounts

> Hark Pro is listed in Australia’s App Store. Its website, store listing, privacy policy and terms describe different parts of access, pricing and data handling before a user connects accounts.

By BIG CHANGE Editorial

Published: 2026-10-06T23:47:00.708Z
Updated: 2026-10-06T23:47:00.708Z
Canonical: https://bigchange.ai/blog/hark-pro-australia-app-store-pricing-privacy

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AI-generated conceptual illustration by BIG CHANGE.

Hark Pro is listed in Apple’s Australian App Store as a free download with in-app purchases. On October 6, the listing showed version 2.1.0, updated about 22 hours earlier. Its pitch is an assistant that remembers context and acts across websites and connected services, from email and calendars to shopping and reservations. Those are Hark’s descriptions of what the product can do; BIG CHANGE has not tested the app or verified individual tasks.

For someone considering giving an assistant access to personal accounts, the useful question is what that access involves. The [App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/hark-pro/id6772362941), [Hark’s privacy policy](https://hark.com/privacy-policy), [terms](https://hark.com/terms/) and [pricing page](https://hark.com/pricing) answer different parts of it. They establish an Australian storefront listing and the company’s stated practices, not independent proof of how the system performs or handles data in operation.

## The big change

- **What changed:** The Australian App Store now lists a version of Hark Pro that markets a personal assistant able to act across connected accounts and websites. The listing establishes storefront availability there; it does not establish availability in every country or successful completion of Hark’s examples.
- **Why it matters:** An assistant that handles reservations, messages or shopping needs more context and permissions than one answering a standalone question. Hark’s policy describes collection of prompts, outputs and connected-account information, along with sharing needed to carry out a requested action. That makes account access and data handling part of the product decision.
- **What to watch:** The purchase screen and permission prompts are the next concrete checks for a prospective user. Hark’s website states monthly U.S. prices, while Apple’s Australian listing displays local in-app purchase prices without a billing period in the listing itself. The terms say subscription duration is specified when ordering.

## What the Australian listing establishes

Apple identifies Hark Labs Inc. as the developer and shows Hark Pro as a free download with in-app purchases. The listing gives an 18+ age rating and says iPhone use requires iOS 17.6 or later and iPad use requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. Apple also lists Mac and Apple Vision system requirements, while marking the app “Not verified for macOS.” Its version history showed 2.1.0 with the description “Refinements to Hark” when checked on October 6. That note does not explain a new feature or prove a wider rollout.

The store description says Hark can use a cloud computer, connect to services such as email and Slack, remember details, and create small “Panels” inside the app. It offers examples involving reservations, orders, messages and account logins. These are product claims in developer-supplied copy. We did not sign in, connect an account or run any of the example tasks.

The price displays need their own boundaries. [Hark’s website](https://hark.com/pricing) lists a free Hark Pro tier, Pro² at $20 per month and Pro³ at $100 per month, with increased usage for the paid tiers. The Australian App Store separately displays local prices for Pro², Pro³ and Pro⁴ in its in-app purchase list. The store listing does not state the purchase durations there. Hark’s [terms](https://hark.com/terms/) say an app store sets the local price and that subscription duration and other details appear at the time of order. A reader should check the actual purchase screen for the billing term and amount before subscribing. The website and store displays cannot be treated as equivalent offers from these pages alone.

## What Hark says it collects and shares

The October 1 [privacy policy](https://hark.com/privacy-policy) describes account details, payment information, prompts and outputs, communications, technical and usage information, and data from services a user connects. Hark says its memory feature stores facts, preferences and summaries drawn from inputs, outputs and connected accounts, and says users can review, edit or delete that memory by asking the agent. The policy also describes files, commands, code and task logs that may be collected when Hark performs work in an isolated computing environment.

The policy says third-party AI providers help generate responses and may process inputs. Hark says it has written agreements with AI providers prohibiting use of the data for their model training. Its [terms](https://hark.com/terms/) also say content may be processed by those providers. When a user directs Hark to book, order, sign in or message someone, the policy says it shares the personal data needed for the action with the relevant merchant, service or recipient, whose own privacy policy then applies. The policy says information used to provide the service is retained for the lifetime of the account, with separate grounds for legal, safety and other retention.

Apple’s “App Privacy” section is a different kind of disclosure. It says Hark’s developer indicated data **linked to a user** may include financial information, location, contact information, user content, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. It also lists location and identifiers under data **not linked to a user** for certain purposes. The more detailed categories include payment information, precise and coarse location, contact details, emails or text messages, photos or videos, and app interaction data. Apple explicitly says this information has **not been verified by Apple**, and practices may vary with features or age. These categories describe the developer’s declarations to Apple, not a finding that every listed item is collected from every user.

## Read the privacy promise in its stated scope

The store description says Hark will never sell user data or serve ads, and says stored passwords and credit card numbers are encrypted. The policy supplies more specific disclosure about data use and sharing. Its U.S. supplemental section says Hark has not “sold or shared” personal data, as those terms are defined by applicable law, in the preceding 12 months. The next paragraph says those legal terms can include some cookie-based advertising and analytics practices and points readers to the separate cookie policy. That U.S. statement has a jurisdiction and time period; it should not be read as a universal statement about every data transfer or as a technical audit of encryption.

The policy also says cookies and similar technologies help recommend and market Hark products and analyze service use. This does not by itself establish that Hark serves ads in the app, or that its store description is false. It does mean the broad promotional language should be read alongside the narrower legal and operational descriptions. The available documents do not establish a privacy-law violation, and we have not independently tested Hark’s security or data handling.

For a prospective user, the decision is specific: which accounts to connect, what information to put into prompts and files, and whether the requested action requires passing details to another service. Hark’s [terms](https://hark.com/terms/) say it normally asks for confirmation before spending money or sending a communication unless the user instructs otherwise. Those terms and the permission screens deserve attention before an assistant is allowed to act.

## Sources & further reading

- [Hark Pro in Australia’s App Store](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/hark-pro/id6772362941) — version, device requirements, local in-app purchase display, developer description and Apple’s unverified developer privacy declarations. Checked October 6, 2026; the relative update age can change.
- [Hark pricing](https://hark.com/pricing) — the company’s free and U.S. dollar monthly web plans. This page does not establish the billing period or exact offer for the Australian in-app purchases.
- [Hark privacy policy](https://hark.com/privacy-policy) — October 1, 2026 policy on collection, connected accounts, providers, sharing and retention, including the limited U.S. no-sale/no-sharing statement and cookie qualification. These are Hark’s disclosures, not an independent audit.
- [Hark terms of service](https://hark.com/terms/) — October 1, 2026 terms on actions, third-party AI services and subscriptions, including the role of app store checkout in local pricing and billing details.

## Sources

- [Hark Pro — Australia App Store](https://apps.apple.com/au/app/hark-pro/id6772362941) — One storefront, version, compatibility, developer description, purchase display and unverified developer privacy labels.
- [Hark pricing](https://hark.com/pricing) — Free tier and U.S. dollar monthly website prices; not matched to Australian in-app purchases.
- [Hark privacy policy](https://hark.com/privacy-policy) — Company disclosures on data, connected apps, AI providers, recipients, retention and limited U.S. no-sale/no-sharing statement.
- [Hark terms of service](https://hark.com/terms/) — Actions, third-party providers, app-store local pricing and checkout subscription terms.