diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98ab8c7426..028e39cf8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - [FEATURE] `DatadogTrace` now supports head-based sampling. See [#1794][]
 - [FEATURE] Support WebView recording in Session Replay. See [#1776][]
+- [IMPROVEMENT] Add `isInitialized` and `stopInstance` methods to ObjC API. See [#1800][]
 - [IMPROVEMENT] Add `addUserExtraInfo` method to ObjC API. See [#1799][]
 
 # 2.10.0 / 23-04-2024
diff --git a/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/DDDatadogTests.swift b/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/DDDatadogTests.swift
index edf7c6d112..40473a017a 100644
--- a/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/DDDatadogTests.swift
+++ b/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/DDDatadogTests.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class DDDatadogTests: XCTestCase {
         super.tearDown()
     }
 
-    // MARK: - Initializing with configuration
+    // MARK: - SDK initialization / stop lifecycle
 
     func testItForwardsInitializationToSwift() throws {
         let config = DDConfiguration(
@@ -50,6 +50,49 @@ class DDDatadogTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertNil(CoreRegistry.default.get(feature: LogsFeature.self))
     }
 
+    func testItReflectsInitializationStatus() throws {
+        let config = DDConfiguration(
+            clientToken: "abcefghi",
+            env: "tests"
+        )
+
+        config.bundle = .mockWith(CFBundleExecutable: "app-name")
+        XCTAssertFalse(DDDatadog.isInitialized())
+
+        DDDatadog.initialize(
+            configuration: config,
+            trackingConsent: randomConsent().objc
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(DDDatadog.isInitialized())
+
+        Datadog.flushAndDeinitialize()
+
+        XCTAssertNil(CoreRegistry.default.get(feature: LogsFeature.self))
+    }
+
+    func testItForwardsStopInstanceToSwift() throws {
+        let config = DDConfiguration(
+            clientToken: "abcefghi",
+            env: "tests"
+        )
+
+        config.bundle = .mockWith(CFBundleExecutable: "app-name")
+
+        DDDatadog.initialize(
+            configuration: config,
+            trackingConsent: randomConsent().objc
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(Datadog.isInitialized())
+
+        DDDatadog.stopInstance()
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(Datadog.isInitialized())
+
+        XCTAssertNil(CoreRegistry.default.get(feature: LogsFeature.self))
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Changing Tracking Consent
 
     func testItForwardsTrackingConsentToSwift() {
diff --git a/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/ObjcAPITests/DDDatadog+apiTests.m b/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/ObjcAPITests/DDDatadog+apiTests.m
index 81e074cbf0..1fd8d2c746 100644
--- a/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/ObjcAPITests/DDDatadog+apiTests.m
+++ b/DatadogCore/Tests/DatadogObjc/ObjcAPITests/DDDatadog+apiTests.m
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ - (void)testDDDatadog {
 
     [DDDatadog initializeWithConfiguration:configuration trackingConsent:[DDTrackingConsent notGranted]];
 
+    [DDDatadog isInitialized];
+
     DDSDKVerbosityLevel verbosity = [DDDatadog verbosityLevel];
     [DDDatadog setVerbosityLevel:verbosity];
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ - (void)testDDDatadog {
     [DDDatadog setTrackingConsentWithConsent:[DDTrackingConsent notGranted]];
 
     [DDDatadog clearAllData];
-    [DDDatadog flushAndDeinitialize];
+    [DDDatadog stopInstance];
 }
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
diff --git a/DatadogObjc/Sources/Datadog+objc.swift b/DatadogObjc/Sources/Datadog+objc.swift
index 89235d987f..da55a08285 100644
--- a/DatadogObjc/Sources/Datadog+objc.swift
+++ b/DatadogObjc/Sources/Datadog+objc.swift
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ public class DDDatadog: NSObject {
         Datadog.set(trackingConsent: consent.sdkConsent)
     }
 
+    @objc
+    public static func isInitialized() -> Bool {
+        return Datadog.isInitialized()
+    }
+
+    @objc
+    public static func stopInstance() {
+        Datadog.stopInstance()
+    }
+
     @objc
     public static func clearAllData() {
         Datadog.clearAllData()
diff --git a/api-surface-objc b/api-surface-objc
index 3e5ee14e91..bea8b31c61 100644
--- a/api-surface-objc
+++ b/api-surface-objc
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public class DDDatadog: NSObject
     public static func setUserInfo(id: String? = nil, name: String? = nil, email: String? = nil, extraInfo: [String: Any] = [:])
     public static func addUserExtraInfo(_ extraInfo: [String: Any])
     public static func setTrackingConsent(consent: DDTrackingConsent)
+    public static func isInitialized() -> Bool
+    public static func stopInstance()
     public static func clearAllData()
 public class DDSite: NSObject
     public static func us1() -> DDSite