Torrent on Android: The best download apps

aTorrent for better autonomy management

If there was only one person to remember, this would be it. aTorrent is a native solution that doesn’t just do its best, but allows you to limit the overall download and upload bandwidth when certain conditions are met.

For example, to preserve the autonomy of your smartphone, it is possible to block downloads even in cellular data mode or when the phone is not connected to the network adapter. Useful, as you’ll see, downloading torrents consumes quite a bit of battery.

Vuze, the simplest

Vuze is a torrent application that we will especially appreciate for its ergonomics, as it is undoubtedly the easiest to use. In a minimalist but pretty well-designed interface, the app gives you three tabs: all torrents, current downloads, and completed downloads so you won’t have any trouble finding your way around. The “add torrent” function allows you to paste a previously copied link very easily, and the download management is really seamless.

Note that it also allows you to save your data by downloading only while connected to a Wifi network. If we add to this that the application is free, there is a good chance that it will quickly become your favourite.

FrostWire, a complete solution

The main advantage of FrostWire over other applications of this type is that it not only allows you to download files, but also offers a search engine that gives you access to a large library of torrents from different search engines. The app still asks you not to download any copyrighted files that you can find in the results.

FrostWire’s interface is very easy to use and feedback on the app is pretty good. It is no coincidence that it has been downloaded between 10 and 50 million times. Note that it includes a music player.

Bittorrent, the most flexible solution

You are probably familiar with Bittorrent software, one of the most popular torrent clients on PC. The company is now attacking Android with some great features. Includes a media player and allows files to be saved to a micro SD card. Another great option: RSS support that keeps your shared files always up to date!

uTorrent, the great PC and Mac reference on your smartphone

What is there to say about uTorrent for Android other than the fact that it offers you all the options of Bittorrent mentioned above? The two apps released by the same studio look the same in every respect, including their graphics, so to speak, being distinguished only by their logo.

Perhaps the company developed the two apps to bring together both loyal utorrent users and users who want an admin named after the technology itself. Maybe the two apps were originally supposed to be different, but they turned into each other. Still, uTorrent has garnered 5x more users than the previous one for the same rating, which is the least bit.

Flud for sequential downloads

Like Bittorrent, Flud also supports RSS. But it has a secret trick that might interest you: with other software, all the torrents you add will be downloaded at the same time. Flud allows sequential downloading instead. This means that only when the first download is finished (in the predefined order in the waiting list) it will start the next download. Avoids monopolizing all your bandwidth!

tTorrent pro, one of the few paid torrent clients

tTorrent pro offers sequential download like Flud and lets you limit bandwidth on the fly. It also allows you to set advanced functions found in desktop clients, such as IP address filtering or connection encryption. It also offers torrenting directly on your mobile. Very useful for EDGE seeding lovers in the subway…

While many torrents are 100% legal, it is of course customary to remember that downloading movies, TV shows, software and other works that are subject to intellectual property law and are not exempt from rights is illegal, even as things are calming down. Hadopi had to gradually reduce its response.

There are also solutions that are beginning to narrow the quality gap between pirated and paid services, such as the already successful Netflix coming to France. Can’t say we didn’t tell you…