BiglyBT, Torrent Downloader

Aaron Bennett

1 year ago

Bigly BT is the sh!te! Developed by the original coders behind Azureus (the same engine that powers Vuze), without all the extraneous commercial bull layered on top. If you like(d) Vuze or Azureus, or even Transmission, this does all the same things in a more respectable & convenient fashion. Highly recommended. I do not currently employ any other torrent app (despite having tried so many)!

Gokul Beeshman

3 years ago

Doesn't work too well on new Chromecast with Google TV. Download speed is low and the entire connection is intermittent (it downloads for a few seconds, stops for a few seconds, and so on). Remote control functionality works well though.

Oskar Gibson

2 months ago

The best torrent client on android play store that I have found so far. I am an advanced/expert/power user so I want I access to maximum possible set of features but I'm too lazy to look for an APJ or write my own (but I could if I wanted to), and I want free and open source software.

A Google user

4 years ago

A lackluster mobile app and a huge dissappointment. 3 stars is being generous here. I have used Azureus since the beginning, and then Vuze, and now BiglyBT, on the desktop. The desktop is the ONLY proper BT client and I will not use any other. I am happy there is a mobile version and I hive 3 stars out of support. But you have to earn 5 stars by making an interface that allows full configuration of the software on mobile. This nonsense limiting of the mobile app just won't do at all.

ittixen Bledsoe

2 years ago

Usually does the job, but a deal breaker is individual files marked as "unwanted" will randomly resume download when you're not looking. For big jobs this means the files you do want might wait in queue. So in this case it becomes not only a waste of bandwidth, but also counterproductive.

Rob Howell

1 year ago

Only using it because of the lack of availability of decent torrent apps for TV's. When attempting (and often failing) to change the Default Save Location, the app takes, without hint of exaggeration, FIVE MINUTES to present a list of available locations. I mean, wow. Why??

Emmanuel Okwe

2 years ago

I think BBT just wants to make me sad. The mobile version is nothing compared to the desktop version which is awesome BTW. I just lost my torrent (it wont show in the app) after I switched the phone off and on. This is not the first time Ive experience this. Feeding the file in and starting the process is not the issues here, but what guarantee do I have that it won't happen again? None. For this sole reason of continually loosing my Torrents for simply restarting my phone, I say goodbye BBT😥

A Google user

5 years ago

I'd give it 5* if i could set the biglyBT private directory as the default save location. That would save a bit of finger trouble on my part. Other than that it does what it says on the tin. Whilst it would be nice to have better stats than is available it is after all on a phone not a desktop/laptop.

Miks Rinkis

2 years ago

Only app which works in combination as remote with Nvidia Shield. Many great settings for customization. Basically a must own on Nvidia Shield, but there's on phone app some problem otherwise i would give 5 stars. When use phone as remote control to add an torrent it does all great while it's together with Shield but as soon as torrent starting download remote app on phone is getting out of sync and basically is only usable on Shield to actually see download progress and real-time speed.

matthew fynn

1 year ago

Struggling at moment with this on my shield. Set it to download to external ssd. It downloads the file. I make sure I just delete the torrent and not the torrent+downloaded file.. Look for my downloaded file and its just not there Downloaded two movies last night and they have just vanished. The drive space spent change either.. I'd expect to see the free space drop by the size of the file but no.

Hyperion

3 years ago

I use BiglyBT on both PC and Android but sadly the android version has a very annoying bug that may make it unusable for me: Sometimes when I pause the torrent and close the app and open it again the torrent disappears and I have to download it all over again. The file would still exist but it would disappear from Biglybt. Even getting the magnet again doesn't make it continue where I left it off but starts all over again.

Lőrinc Bethlenfalvy

3 weeks ago

Great performance and pretty good UI, which is also an insane feat because it presents all the information you need from a torrent client on a phone screen. I love this app and I recommend it to everyone who can't set up a Transmission+sftp remote.

Bhavya Bajaj

3 years ago

It is a good app for Android TV but with some slight glitches. It is a good alternative to utorent for smart TV. But i experienced one problem which is when you add a torrent sometimes it takes time to load after which a pop up appears where you have to click on ADD. There is no advertising in this app. Overall, it is a good app.

TAPAN KUMAR Roy

9 months ago

Use to love this app since 2022. I use to love this app for mainly its 'swarm discovery' tab option where I could find similar types of files and can download there. But after recent update every download shows error. After reinstall many times same problem happens. The best option was 'swarm discovery' tab which is also not working from then. Why you guys downgraded your capabilities? May be there is something wrong. Still keep this app in my phone hoping you will fix this immediately.

Michael Ray

3 years ago

I've been using BiglyBT on the phone and the PC for well over a year now. Haven't gone to another app yet. In fairness, I came in with the Vuze branching, this has had better support. I probably overuse both for the device. I have ran over 100 torrents (mostly complete) at a time with no stability issues. While there are features on the PC that I would like to see on the phone, the current stability and ease of use of the phone app more than make up for it.

Neve Chen

3 years ago

The app works fine on my Google tv; the only problem is that added torrents appear relatively slowly, and without exception, I need to manually start them, since they are automatically added in a Stopped status. In other words, between clicking on a torrent and actually having the torrent starting to download, at least 2 minutes pass. Does anyone have a solution for this issue? Thanks!

A Google user

5 years ago

I love this program, but I'm about to have to stop using it because it just can't be trusted to keep my torrents. Three times now I've opened the app to find an empty torrent list. I've had close to 30 in the list each time. It did this in Oreo in my Samsung Note 8, and again in Pie after the update. There are never any files in the Files folder, so I can't re-add my torrents. I wish I could fix this.