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About PikaTorrent
PikaTorrent is a BitTorrent client aimed at people who are not torrent experts. It offers a simple, lightweight interface that runs on desktop and mobile devices, so the same app works across your machines.
Besides downloading, it can stream media while it downloads, similar in spirit to WebTorrent Desktop. It suits people who find traditional clients cluttered and want one straightforward app for downloading and watching.
Strengths
- Simple interface aimed at non-expert users
- Streams media while downloading
- Same app on desktop and mobile
Limitations
- Fewer advanced options than long-established clients
- Younger project with a smaller user base
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- G-Ray
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Casual users who want a simple torrent app that also streams video
- Categories
- Torrent clients
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to PikaTorrent
Compare allSoftware that can replace PikaTorrent for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
qBittorrent
A full-featured BitTorrent client with no ads, built as an open source replacement for µTorrent.
qBittorrent is a mature GPL client with integrated search, RSS filters and a web interface, but it has no Android app and no built-in streaming.
Transmission
A light BitTorrent client that behaves like a native app on each platform, with a headless daemon for servers.
Transmission is a light open-source client with native desktop builds and a headless daemon for servers, but it lacks mobile apps and media streaming.
WebTorrent Desktop
A desktop torrent app that streams video and audio while the files are still downloading.
WebTorrent Desktop also streams while downloading and adds casting to AirPlay, Chromecast and DLNA, but it is desktop only and still labelled beta.
FrostWire
A BitTorrent client, video downloader and media player with search built into the app.
FrostWire is also open source on desktop and Android, adding in-app torrent search and a media library and player, with fewer advanced torrent controls described.
LibreTorrent
A free and open-source BitTorrent client for Android with no ads.
LibreTorrent is an ad-free open-source client for Android only, with a long development history, so desktop use and streaming features are not covered.
BitTorrent
The official BitTorrent client, available as a desktop app and a streaming web version.
BitTorrent is the official closed-source client with a desktop app and a streaming web version, but no Linux build is listed on its homepage.
µTorrent
A BitTorrent client offered as a small desktop app and as a browser-based player.
µTorrent is closed source with a small desktop client and a browser player that streams while downloading, and some features require a paid plan.
BitLord
A free BitTorrent client for downloading torrents with built-in streaming of audio and video.
BitLord also streams audio and video from torrents with a simple interface, but it is closed source and only available for Windows and macOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
TorrServer
A self-hosted server that streams media from torrents over HTTP without waiting for downloads.
Seedr
A web-based cloud service that fetches torrents and links to online storage for streaming.
Webtor
A web tool that streams or downloads the contents of torrents and magnet links in the browser.
