These days, mobile is quickly taking over personal computing. What you could once only do from a desktop, you can now accomplish easy from your Android smartphone. Downloading torrents on android can be an easy and convenient way to take your favorite content with you on the go. Remember, downloading torrents from your smartphone can still expose your personal IP and location so its best to use an Android VPN like TorGuard. Before getting started, download the TorGuard app from google play:
Running the TorGuard Android VPN app while downloading torrents ensures that your personal identity stays completely private. One can easily tunnel their entire Android’s internet connection through the anonymous VPN server they choose. Tap the connect button and that’s it! Next, let us go over the pro’s and con’s of today’s most popular Android torrent clients:
1.) tTorrent
tTorrent has been on the market for a while now and is an all around excellent feature rich torrent solution for android. The UI can look a little confusing for the novice torrent user, but those who are looking for more options will feel right at home. We also were happy to see tTorrent fully supports the use of socks5 proxies for those looking to add another layer of anonymity. The only issue we encountered was on some tablets it seems the app force closed and still has a few bugs that need to be ironed out.
Some of tTorrent’s best features include:
– UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD SPEED!
– download single files from torrents with multiple files
– multiple torrent downloading, queuing
– search for torrents
– Wifi only mode, Wifi or WiMAX mode
– able to set Upload/Download speed in options
– web browser integration
– magnet link support
– trackerless torrent (DHT) support
– RSS support(automatically download torrents published in feeds)
– UPnP and NAT-PMP support
– IP filtering support
– proxy support(SOCKS, HTTP)
– encryption
– Local Peer Discovery
– creating torrents
2.) Bittorrent
Bittorrent/utorrent is probably the most widely supported torrent client for Android and worked flawlessly on all the devices we tested. Bittorrent features an attractive and simple looking interface that gets straight to the point. Without a question, it takes the prize for the fastest download times and best stability on the Android devices we tested. Here are some of the main features:
– No speed or size limits
– The very latest in core torrenting technology, continuously updated by dedicated core engineers to maximize performance.
– Wifi-only mode
– Search for content
– Access exclusive content from BitTorrent’s featured artists
– Download torrents
– Manage torrent downloads
– Play media
– Subscribe to RSS feeds
3.) ATorrent
ATorrent is an all around excellent android torrent client that is both lightweight and feature rich. We were also please to find the app is actively developed as there are many new features currently in the works. ATorrent also worked flawlessly on all the mobile Android devices we tested and offers blazing fast torrent download speeds. Our technicians were also pleased to find there is proxy support for the paid version. Some of ATorrent’s top features include:
– Torrent search dialog
– Magnet links support
– Open torrents right from browser
– Add torrent from file
– Choose download folder
– Partial download (choose files from torrent)
– Multiple parallel downloading
– Option to limit downloads by Wi-Fi
– Option to pause downloads when external power supply is not connected
– Supported protocols: BitTorrent P2P, DHT, Advanced DHT Bootstrap, Magnet links, HTTP & UDP trakers
– Large files support (for FAT32 SD cards – 4Gb maximum, for internal storage – unlimited)
4.) Utorrent
Utorrent, (Bittorrent’s close family member) also features a light weight torrent downloading option for those faithful to this name. Some of the features included are:
– Simple content search and discovery
– For Android phones and tablets
– Fast, easy and free mobile downloads
– No speed or size limits on mobile downloads
– Wifi-only mode now available
– Download torrents
– Play media
– Manage torrent downloads
– Access exclusive content from featured artists
– Subscribe to RSS feed
5.) SmartTorrent
SmartTorrent is a powerful and feature rich torrent client for Android that works well on most new devices. Regarded by many as one of the best torrent clients for Android, it didn’t fail to impress in our testing. This is undoubtedly one of the fastest torrent clients available today and a favorite among more seasoned torrent users. Some of SmartTorrents features include:
– Multiple simultaneous torrent downloads
– In-App searches for top torrent search engines
– Set file priorities (Ignore,Low,Normal,High)
– “Wifi Only” download mode
– Limit torrent download/upload speeds
– UPnP and NAT-PMP support
– Proxy Support
– Port Configuration
– UI optimized for tablets and other devices using Android 3.0 and above (including Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and Jelly Bean)
– Add torrents from files
– The option to set your download folder location
– Options to remove .torrent file and torrent data
