SMC Fan Control Causing random freezing and crashing After experiencing crashing and freezing on 15" MacBook Pro 2017 (macOS High Sierra), I started eliminating running programs that I thought might be causing the crashing as advised by an apple support employee. 

I immediately suspected that it might be smc fan control (A program that hasn't been updated since 2016) 

After removing the program I noticed that the problems stopped. 

However it is useful to pre-emptively turn fan speed up before using a resource intensive program. My lap has also threatened to leave me if I don't resolve this issue. 

Has anyone else experienced this or am I alone? Are there other alternatives for fan control in osx.
Here is a short list of apps that you can try.  I've listed them by price (lowest to highest).  All of them specifically state that they support High Sierra.  


SSD Fan Control (Free)
Macs Fan Control ($15)
TGPro ($18)
HDD Fan Control ($35)