When comparing Tixati vs Torch Browser, the Slant community recommends Tixati for most people. In the question“What are the best Torrent clients?” Tixati is ranked 4th while Torch Browser is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Tixati is:
Tixati is a completely free, ad-less torrent client.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Free and ad-less
Tixati is a completely free, ad-less torrent client.
Pro Full-featured
Tixati covers basics such as Prioritization, Selective Downloading, DHT, PEX, LPD and Magnet URIs as well as Broadcatching and Sequential downloading. It includes MSE/PE for security. It has graphical and web interfaces. Has UPnP, NAT-PMP, NAT traversal for automatic router configuration. Has UDP tracker and µTP data transfer protocol support. Even covers Tracker Exchange, IPv6, Super-seeding and proxy servers.
Pro Provides detailed statistics
Provides detailed information about peers, pieces, files, trackers, has advanced bandwidth charting on a per-transfer basis and provides individual event logging for all peers.
Pro Lightweight
Pro Encourages optimizing settings and teaches how to do it
Tixati suggests ways to improve the overall download speed through pop-up tips, helpful hints and a tutorial available on the site. It explains how to properly throttle outgoing bandwidth to not affect download speeds, how to make sure all incoming connections are received and that DHT receives all incoming UDP packets.
Pro Sequential downloading feature
Downloads parts in order from begin to end of file, so you can play video or audio as soon as download is started.
Pro Highly customizable
Pro Runs efficient and offers a lot of information
Pro Streaming channels
Pro Easy To Use
Easy to customize and work with.
Pro Channels, chat and forum functions
Can chat, request something, stream.
Pro Enables streaming media while it's downloading
Torch supports sequential downloading that allows users to download files in sequential order. That means that media such as video or audio can be streamed a the same way it can be with any other streaming service.
Pro Combines a social media obsessed web browser with a BitTorrent client
Torch is a Chromium-based web browser designed for heavy consumers of social media. It includes a features such as a media grabber that is capable of downloading videos from video sharing sites such as YouTube or Vimeo, a built-in player that's capable of streaming media while it's still downloading and of course a download manager that's capable of handling torrents. And since it has the same backbone as Google's Chrome, Opera, Safari or Vivaldi browsers it safe to say that it's reliable and fast. It's also compatible with all Chrome add-ons.
Pro Built-in search
Built-in search engine allows finding torrents to download right from withing the torrent client.
Cons
Con Proprietary
No source code is available. As such there's no way to independently check what security and privacy features are implemented and how as well as whether there's any malicious code or not.
Con Questionable interface aesthetic
Tixati has a 90s hacker-movies inspired high-contrast color interface that can be considered aggressive and unpleasant by some. Color scheme can be changed in the settings. Additionally, the amount of information Tixati presents that can be difficult to parse.
Con No web seeding
Web seeding support allows downloading file parts from an HTTP source alongside the swarm. It's usually used for long-term seeding and easing some of the load on web hosts that supply direct downloads by offering a BitTorrent download as an alternative while still ensuring that the file is always available in its entirety regardless of the swarm. Tixati lacks this functionality.
Con No embedded tracker
An embedded tracker allows turning the client into a server offering an easy way of sharing files with others. Transmission lacks embedded tracker support so another method of sharing or different client has to be used to share files.
Con No command line interface
Con Ugly interface
Con Crashes very frequently
Con More memory usage since there is a browser running with it
Con Unknown underlying technology
It is unclear what BitTorrent protocol features or extensions are supported by the browser.
Con Ads
The development of Torch Browser is supported by ads placed within the browser.