
It, too, is cross-platform, and works flawlessly on just about every system you throw it at. IP filtering, sequential downloads, built-in search, encrypted downloads, web-based remote control, port forwarding, it’s all there. Its interface may look sparse, but under the hood you’ll find just about everything you need, whether you’re heavy or a light downloader.
qBittorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux): Free, open-source, and designed to pick up the community that µTorrent left behind, qBittorrent has garnered a huge following for being slim, trim, and super fast without skimping on the features that matter. Plus, it’s cross-platform and is simple to use whether you need the advanced features or not. It can schedule downloads, supports port forwarding, and it can even throttle itself depending on your overall bandwidth usage. Like any good torrenting client, it can resume stopped downloads, merge trackers, download items in sequential order, supports encrypted files, and lets you manage downloads remotely via mobile apps. It’s cross-platform, free, easy to use, and is packed with useful features. µTorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux): µTorrent has, for the longest time, been your favourite BitTorrent client. The world of BitTorrent clients is vast and infinite, but of the most popular apps out there capable of downloading torrents, scheduling downloads, remotely managing those downloads, and more, three apps stand out pretty clearly:
It’s time to check in on a few of our favourites to see how they fare, which deserves your downloads and which ones you can trust. There are more BitTorrent clients than we could possibly compare, but some of the most popular - and best - have been under the spotlight lately for sleazy ads and bad behaviour.