diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerModule.kt
index 8f24cfd..ced34d0 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerModule.kt
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ class RNRefinerModule(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactContextBaseJ
         Refiner.resetUser()
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    fun disableClient() {
+        Refiner.disableClient()
+    }
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    fun enableClient() {
+        Refiner.enableClient()
+    }
+
     @ReactMethod
     fun trackEvent(eventName: String?) {
         eventName?.let { name ->
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerTurboModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerTurboModule.kt
index f06050e..eace632 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerTurboModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/io/refiner/rn/RNRefinerTurboModule.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ class RNRefinerTurboModule(
         Refiner.resetUser()
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    override fun disableClient() {
+        Refiner.disableClient()
+    }
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    override fun enableClient() {
+        Refiner.enableClient()
+    }
+
     @ReactMethod
     override fun trackEvent(eventName: String) {
         Refiner.trackEvent(eventName)
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index da2fa44..29644cd 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-logger
     - React-perflogger
     - React-utils (= 0.76.9)
-  - refiner-react-native (1.7.5):
+  - refiner-react-native (1.8.0):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -1578,9 +1578,9 @@ PODS:
     - ReactCodegen
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/bridging
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
-    - RefinerSDK (~> 1.5.10)
+    - RefinerSDK (~> 1.7.1)
     - Yoga
-  - RefinerSDK (1.5.10)
+  - RefinerSDK (1.7.1)
   - SocketRocket (0.7.1)
   - Yoga (0.0.0)
 
@@ -1855,8 +1855,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-utils: ed818f19ab445000d6b5c4efa9d462449326cc9f
   ReactCodegen: f853a20cc9125c5521c8766b4b49375fec20648b
   ReactCommon: 300d8d9c5cb1a6cd79a67cf5d8f91e4d477195f9
-  refiner-react-native: e2e15cae75fc003da5426df34c0227ee4e3d6a03
-  RefinerSDK: cbae1daf927d3c9fddb22f12a0fcf84548c8c84c
+  refiner-react-native: 0995ef6944bfc7b5ae69e4229353a0c15b3f895c
+  RefinerSDK: efc3a318824fc21344b9c5aeb0d4bc365a3b1164
   SocketRocket: d4aabe649be1e368d1318fdf28a022d714d65748
   Yoga: feb4910aba9742cfedc059e2b2902e22ffe9954a
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index f0acb5b..3dd05bd 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ export interface RefinerSDKInterface extends NativeModule {
    */
   resetUser: () => void;
 
+  /**
+   * Disable the SDK client - stops all survey checks and API communication
+   */
+  disableClient: () => void;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable the SDK client - resumes survey checks and API communication
+   */
+  enableClient: () => void;
+
   /**
    * Set the project ID
    */
@@ -198,6 +208,8 @@ export interface NativeRNRefinerSpec {
     signature?: string
   ): void;
   resetUser(): void;
+  disableClient(): void;
+  enableClient(): void;
   trackEvent(eventName: string): void;
   trackScreen(screenName: string): void;
   ping(): void;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2abe9bb..99ad563 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ const createStubModule = () => {
     identifyUser: stubMethod("identifyUser"),
     setUser: stubMethod("setUser"),
     resetUser: stubMethod("resetUser"),
+    disableClient: stubMethod("disableClient"),
+    enableClient: stubMethod("enableClient"),
     trackEvent: stubMethod("trackEvent"),
     trackScreen: stubMethod("trackScreen"),
     ping: stubMethod("ping"),
@@ -190,6 +192,8 @@ const createRNRefinerWrapper = (nativeModule) => {
       }
     },
     resetUser: () => nativeModule.resetUser(),
+    disableClient: () => nativeModule.disableClient(),
+    enableClient: () => nativeModule.enableClient(),
     trackEvent: (eventName) => nativeModule.trackEvent(eventName),
     trackScreen: (screenName) => nativeModule.trackScreen(screenName),
     ping: () => nativeModule.ping(),
diff --git a/ios/RNRefiner.m b/ios/RNRefiner.m
index 16b8c43..626ea3d 100644
--- a/ios/RNRefiner.m
+++ b/ios/RNRefiner.m
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_MODULE(RNRefiner, RCTEventEmitter)
                   withLocale:(NSString * _Nullable)locale
                   withSignature:(NSString * _Nullable)signature)
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(resetUser)
+RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(disableClient)
+RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(enableClient)
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(trackEvent:(NSString *)eventName)
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(trackScreen:(NSString *)screenName)
 RCT_EXTERN_METHOD(ping)
diff --git a/ios/RNRefiner.swift b/ios/RNRefiner.swift
index ea0b648..477d5db 100644
--- a/ios/RNRefiner.swift
+++ b/ios/RNRefiner.swift
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ public class RNRefiner: RCTEventEmitter {
     func resetUser() {
         Refiner.instance.resetUser()
     }
+
+    @objc
+    func disableClient() {
+        Refiner.instance.disableClient()
+    }
+
+    @objc
+    func enableClient() {
+        Refiner.instance.enableClient()
+    }
     
     @objc(trackEvent:)
     func trackEvent(_ eventName: String) {
diff --git a/ios/RefinerReactNativeSpec/RefinerReactNativeSpec.h b/ios/RefinerReactNativeSpec/RefinerReactNativeSpec.h
index 929bad3..1105619 100644
--- a/ios/RefinerReactNativeSpec/RefinerReactNativeSpec.h
+++ b/ios/RefinerReactNativeSpec/RefinerReactNativeSpec.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
          locale:(NSString * _Nullable)locale
       signature:(NSString * _Nullable)signature;
 - (void)resetUser;
+- (void)disableClient;
+- (void)enableClient;
 - (void)trackEvent:(NSString *)eventName;
 - (void)trackScreen:(NSString *)screenName;
 - (void)ping;
diff --git a/src/NativeRNRefiner.ts b/src/NativeRNRefiner.ts
index e7bf283..17584bf 100644
--- a/src/NativeRNRefiner.ts
+++ b/src/NativeRNRefiner.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ export interface Spec extends TurboModule {
    */
   resetUser(): void;
 
+  /**
+   * Disable the SDK client - stops all survey checks and API communication
+   */
+  disableClient(): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable the SDK client - resumes survey checks and API communication
+   */
+  enableClient(): void;
+
   /**
    * Track a custom event
    */