Double click on a torrent file, and up pops a window telling you how long it has to go to finish. But what it lacks in features, its simple, focused approach to downloading torrents is a welcome alternative for those that see torrent downloading just like any other form of file transfer.

Opening the application presents a straightforward interface, with a speed slider to throttle the upload speed, and a search bar that takes you to the official BitTorrent.com search engine. The main window will let you drill down into more details about the files currently being downloaded, although not nearly as much information as the others on this page. The settings available for tweaking are minimal, although it does feature UPnP port mapping. Interestingly, it taxes resources much higher than uTorrent, which is offers many more features out of the box.

Aside from its no-nonsense approach, we found its text-mode interface was a handy option for remotely accessing our Linux server. In addition to Linux, you can find packages for most operating systems, and if not, the source code is readily available.

In the end, although we found some handy uses for it, we'd recommend sticking with uTorrent. It's snappier, lighter and packs in far more features.