Halt: Card Testing Blocker vs Storebouncer: Bot Blocker
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Halt, Nov 9, 2026 for Storebouncer.
The short answer
- Storebouncer lists 6 features Halt’s listing doesn’t mention, including Content protection, Geolocation redirects, Order validation.
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 featureHalt 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.
Storebouncer checks every visit to your store. Spam bots, scrapers, servers, VPNs and Tor are blocked before they load your ad pixels and analytics, so your reports and ad audiences count real shoppers. Google, Bing and other crawlers you allow are verified against their published networks and never blocked.
- 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
- Block spam bots, VPNs, servers and Tor before they trigger your ad pixels
- Refuse card-testing carts at checkout, even ones that skip your store pages
- Rules by country, region, IP, network, ISP, referrer, page or collection
- See each visit and why it was blocked, then block or unblock it from the log
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 |  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 | Halt | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 5 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Halt | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.99/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Halt | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #39 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Sep 16, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Native Code | Appal.io |
FAQ
Halt and Storebouncer: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Halt lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Chargebacks, Custom alerts, Fraud filters, Fraud notifications. Storebouncer lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Content protection, Geolocation redirects, Order validation, Spam blocking. 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 Nov 3, 2026 for Halt, Nov 9, 2026 for Storebouncer; 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 Nov 3, 2026 for Halt, Nov 9, 2026 for Storebouncer. 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.