Torrent Downloader App For Windows 8: Torrent RT Free

Torrent RT Free is a free torrent downloader app for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 devices. When you launch the app, you will be presented with an interface which allows you to easily add torrent file to the app for downloading them to your device. When a torrent file has been added into the app, you will be provided with options that allow you to download it, pause it, stop it or delete it. You can also add torrents via Magnet URLs and you can also choose to add downloaded torrent files by choosing them from the file explorer screen.

Torrent RT Free is available as a free download from the Windows App Store.

Torrent RT Free app icon

Features of Torrent RT Free for Windows 8:

When you install and launch the Torrent RT Free app on your Windows 8 or your Windows 8.1 device, you will be presented with the main interface of the app itself which is very minimalistic and allows you to easily add torrents. This interface resembles the below screenshot.

Torrent RT Free main screen

Click on the Add Torrent link in the above screen, and you will be taken to your file explorer screen from where you can navigate and choose the torrent file that you wish to download and have on your Windows 8 device. Once you have chosen the torrent, you will be taken to the torrent file selection screen which looks like the below screenshot, and here you can choose the files that you wish to download from the torrent.

Torrent RT Free files added

You can click on the Start Download button at the bottom left screen corner if you wish to begin the download of the torrent. Once the torrent has been added to the list of active torrents, you will be taken to the torrent download page where you will be able to see the information about the torrent like its size, download speed, upload speed etc. This screen resembles the below screenshot.

Torrent RT Free download active

As you can see above, a clean looking progress bar, and the status of the torrent. If you click on the torrent, a control bar pops up from the bottom of the screen which allows you to pause, resume, stop, delete the torrent, open the downloaded torrent files in the folder, search for torrents, add more torrents via explorer or Magnet URL, etc. You can see the various options available in the screenshot below in the control bar at the bottom.

Torrent RT Free torrent options

The app also allows you to configure advanced settings like port settings etc. via the Settings option (visible in the bottom left corner of the above screenshot in the control bar). Once the Settings button is clicked, you will be taken to a screen which allows you to configure these advanced settings. It is recommended that you don’t mess with these unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing!

Torrent RT Free settings

This concludes the main features of the Torrent RT Free app for Windows 8 devices. You can also check out the uTorrent and the Torrex Lite torrent apps for Windows 8!

The verdict:

Torrent RT Free is a great free torrent downloading app for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 which makes for a smooth app that enables you to easily download torrents on your device. The app is well designed and the only drawback of the app that I feel is that it does not support downloading in background, and needs to stay open for downloading torrents. Apart from that, it is truly great and is worthy of a well deserved 4 out of 5 rating!

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