Yet Another uTorrent is a free simple to use torrent client for Windows which you can use in order to easily download torrent files. Both standard .torrent files and the latest innovation of the torrent industry, magnet links, are supported. It comes with an easy to use interface and some interesting features like more optimized management of seeders which improves download performance.
Yet Another uTorrent has a simplistic interface design, without a lot of complicated menus. Toolbar at the top is the only menu that you get with this free simple to use torrent client and down below you can see the usual sight that can be seen in torrent client, the list where download progress of torrent files that you are downloading can be tracked.
In our case the download queue is empty because we haven’t selected any torrents to be downloaded. Underneath the list of torrents, there’s again the usual sight for torrent clients, the stats section where you can check and see in more detail the information about the torrents that are being downloaded.
Key features of Yet Another uTorrent are:
- Free and simple to setup: easily manage your torrent downloads
- Supports both magnet links and .torrent file download
- Comes with browser integration: open torrents from most common browsers
- Optimized seeder and tracker selection that speeds up download
- Scheduling: you can schedule computer log off, turn off, torrent pause
- Works with all versions of Windows: from Windows XP to Windows 8
Similar software: Patchy, uTorrent, Transmission.
Pretty much all the other features that you’d expect from a torrent client can also be found in Yet Another uTorrent. It can be minimized to system tray and due to it not being very demanding when it comes to system resources, you can even use it on older hardware. Here’s a few pointers to help you get started.
How to download and manage torrents with Yet Another uTorrent:
Just like with every other torrent client, there’s two ways how you can add torrents. You can either click on the add new torrent button from the top left corner of the toolbar. That’s gonna load a .torrent file. Second method is clicking on the a magnet link from inside the web browser which is gonna suggest you to open it inside this free torrent client.
Torrents are gonna be added to the list from where you can easily keep track of their download. You might want to go over the settings also.
If you want to tweak things like the download speed or change the port that your router is using then you need to click on the gears button from the toolbar at the top.
Conclusion
Yet Another uTorrent is very easy to use and it’s a great alternative for all the mainstream torrent clients that exist out there. If you’re having download speed problems, you can also use this free torrent client to try and improve the performance of your downloads, so that files are downloaded more quickly. Give it a try and see how it goes.
