Pause instead of quit
AppHalt temporarily stops selected app processes while keeping the workspace visible.
Verified fact sheet · 30 August 2026
Pause Mac apps. Keep your workspace.
AppHalt is a lightweight macOS menu bar utility that pauses selected apps without quitting them. Their windows, tabs, and documents remain open, ready to resume.
Product facts
The details reviewers should verify.
| Product | AppHalt |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.9.2 · build 19308 |
| Platform | macOS 11.7 or later |
| Architecture | Universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs |
| Distribution | Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized DMG |
| Free | Pause up to 2 apps. No account and no payment card required. |
| Pro | Unlimited app pausing, Auto-Pause, groups, exclusions, and advanced preferences |
| Price | $9.99 USD one-time purchase. No subscription. |
| Refund | 14-day money-back guarantee for AppHalt Pro |
| Creator | Gabriel Nion |
| Contact | contact@apphalt.app |
Accurate framing
What AppHalt does — and does not do.
Resume on demand
The user resumes a paused app before needing its live work, network activity, or notifications again.
Not a cleaner
AppHalt does not delete files, clear caches, uninstall apps, or invent a system health score.
No universal performance promise
The result depends on what the selected app was doing. An idle app using no meaningful CPU may produce no measurable change.
Safe review flow
Demonstrate the product in four honest steps.
1. Choose an idle app
Use a regular app you recognise, save its work, and confirm no important transfer or live task is active.
2. Show AppHalt
Open the menu bar utility and show the app’s current activity.
3. Pause it
Pause the selected app and show that its window remains open.
4. Resume it
Resume the app before returning to its workflow.
Do not pause an active download, upload, sync, backup, call, recording, export, render, build, security tool, hardware controller, or macOS system process.
Copy-ready descriptions
Short, factual language.
One sentence
AppHalt is a macOS menu bar utility that pauses selected apps without quitting them, keeping their windows, tabs, and documents open.
Short paragraph
AppHalt gives Mac users a middle ground between quitting an app and leaving it active. Pause an app you do not need right now, keep the workspace open, and resume it later.
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