Fraud Control vs Halt: Card Testing Blocker
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 2, 2026 for Fraud Control, Nov 3, 2026 for Halt.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Fraud Control 2.2 from 24 reviews and Halt 5.0 from 5 reviews.
- Halt lists 8 features Fraud Control’s listing doesn’t mention, including Blocklists, Bot detection, Bots.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Halt
- · Emails you when an attack starts
- · No card fees lost on fake orders
- · Real customers check out as usual
- · Shows every stopped checkout and why
- · Stops repeat bot checkouts
- · Stops throwaway bot email addresses
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureFraud Control provides you with the tools to automate fraud operations and maximize revenue. Understand your store's fraud risk with analytics, such as acceptance and high-risk order rates. Fraud Control will recommend predefined rules or you can create custom rules to block known fraudsters in the checkout before they become orders.
Halt protects your checkout from card-testing bots that use stolen cards to make repeated payment attempts. It detects repeat checkouts using the same email, address, or phone and stops suspicious attempts before the card is charged. Add a bait product to trap automated bots, block throwaway email addresses, and see every stopped checkout and why it was blocked.
- Fraud risk reports for your store.
- Analytics to show fraud trends over time.
- Automation through Flow to reduce time spent on fraud.
- Block checkouts before they become orders.
- Stops repeat checkouts from the same email, address, or phone in one day
- Works on every Shopify store, including Basic. Nothing to add to checkout
- Starts in watch mode: see what it would stop before it stops anything
- Bait product: a trap item only bots buy, never affects logged-in customers
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure | Fraud Control |  Halt |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Fraud Control | Halt |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 2.2 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 24(ahead) | 5 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Fraud Control | Halt |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $6.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Fraud Control | Halt |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #44 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 10, 2023 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Languages | 14 | 1 |
| Developer | Shopify | Native Code |
FAQ
Fraud Control and Halt: common questions
- Which has better reviews, Fraud Control or Halt?
- On the Shopify App Store: Fraud Control 2.2 from 24 reviews and Halt 5.0 from 5 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Fraud Control lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Chargeback analytics. Halt lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Blocklists, Bot detection, Bots, Custom alerts. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 2, 2026 for Fraud Control, Nov 3, 2026 for Halt; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 2, 2026 for Fraud Control, Nov 3, 2026 for Halt. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.