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App Tamer student discount: 40% Off

Save CPU Power & Battery

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Start your 7-day free trial

7 days free, then US$20 / year (about US$1.67 a month) · unlocks all 160+ discounts, not just App Tamer

  • Secure checkout
    Payments handled by Stripe
  • 7 days free
    Then US$20 / year
  • Cancel anytime
    In a couple of clicks
  • Real support
    From our UK team

Current offer as of October 2026.

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How to get the App Tamer student discount

  1. 1

    Start your free trial

    Join Student App Centre on our secure Stripe checkout. It's free for 7 days and you can cancel any time.

  2. 2

    Press “Get My Discount”

    Come back to this page and press the button. There's nothing else to fill in.

  3. 3

    Check your inbox

    We email your 40% off App Tamer discount straight away, with instructions for completing your purchase.

About App Tamer

App Tamer student discount: 40% Off for Student App Centre members. Current offer as of October 2026.

Some applications, particularly web browsers and older apps, continue running tasks or animating ads even when they're idle. That uses valuable processing (CPU) power, which leaves you with: -Less CPU power for the application you're using -Increased heat and fan noise -Reduced battery run-time

Find the culprits and get them under control. With App Tamer, you simply do this: -Launch App Tamer and click on its icon in your menubar -Click on an application that's using a lot of CPU -Tell App Tamer to slow or stop the app

App Tamer will automatically slow down or pause your applications whenever you're not using them, greatly reducing their CPU use.

App Tamer even comes pre-configured to automatically reduce the CPU and battery usage of Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Spotlight, Time Machine, Photoshop, Illustrator, Word and many other applications.

Unlike some utilities that let you manually manage processes, App Tamer automatically handles the details for you. It slows or pauses an application when you switch away from it, then automatically restarts it when you start using it again. Just set it and forget it - App Tamer quietly saves battery and CPU power while you work (or play).

You choose which apps to manage. Automatically stop them when you're not using them, or just slow them down by running them on the M1 efficiency cores or limiting the amount of CPU they use.

App Tamer's preferences let you tune its behaviour to your needs, whether you're frugally conserving battery power or feeding every last CPU cycle to Final Cut Pro.

Recovering even a small percentage of your CPU time can translate into significant battery savings. Stopping an application that's consuming 5% of your CPU can translate into 20 or 30 minutes of additional battery runtime.

App Tamer is made by St. Clair Software.

Available onMac

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App Tamer student discount FAQs

Does App Tamer have a student discount?

Yes. Student App Centre members get 40% off App Tamer. Start a free 7-day trial (or sign in), press "Get My Discount" on this page, and we'll email your discount straight away.

How do I get the App Tamer student discount?

Start your free trial of Student App Centre, then press "Get My Discount" at the top of this page. We'll email your App Tamer code or link with instructions for completing your purchase.

Is the App Tamer student discount available all year?

Discounts can change, so the current 40% off discount on App Tamer could be adjusted or removed at any time. If it's a good deal for you, claim it while it's available.

Do I need to pay for Student App Centre to get this discount?

The first 7 days are free and include every discount, including App Tamer. After the trial, Student App Centre membership is billed yearly, and you can cancel any time before the trial ends without paying.