µTorrent was made to be a very small BitTorrent client and became pretty popular. Later it was sold to BitTorrent, Inc. They've continued to develop the program. The reason the two programs look so similar is because BitTorrent is based on µTorrent.
utorrent is a bittorrent client. utorrent is much smaller (in size and footprint) then bit torrent's official client, and so it runs faster. The GUI is also quite different and there are more options. utorrent is probably the best bittorrent client out there
Bit-torrent is more steering towards the "Buy premium or we spam you with ads". Utorrent is less, but since bit-torrent and u-torrent are based on the same code, they may seem quite similar(in looks anyways). BIt-torrent's UI tends to run slower and use more resources because of the ads, and background processes.
BitTorrent is a promotion supported shared system created by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. utilized for downloading and uploading files through BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the principal customer composed for protocol. It is frequently nicknamed Mainline by designers indicating its official roots.
µTorrent
µTorrent is a freeware, promotion bolstered, proprietary BitTorrent customer possessed and created by BitTorrent, Inc. With more than 100 million users, it is considered as most broadly utilized BitTorrent customer outside China; universally just behind Xunlei. The “µ” in its name originates from the SI prefix “micro”, alluding to the system’s little memory footprint.
Not much really. They're both used to download torrents from host trackers. They also have different user interfaces, so up to you on which do you prefer. Utorrent is has a more basic and user friendly interface, thus more popular.
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µTorrent was made to be a very small BitTorrent client and became pretty popular. Later it was sold to BitTorrent, Inc. They've continued to develop the program. The reason the two programs look so similar is because BitTorrent is based on µTorrent.
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utorrent is a bittorrent client. utorrent is much smaller (in size and footprint) then bit torrent's official client, and so it runs faster. The GUI is also quite different and there are more options. utorrent is probably the best bittorrent client out there
Bit-torrent is more steering towards the "Buy premium or we spam you with ads". Utorrent is less, but since bit-torrent and u-torrent are based on the same code, they may seem quite similar(in looks anyways). BIt-torrent's UI tends to run slower and use more resources because of the ads, and background processes.
BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a promotion supported shared system created by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. utilized for downloading and uploading files through BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the principal customer composed for protocol. It is frequently nicknamed Mainline by designers indicating its official roots.
µTorrent
µTorrent is a freeware, promotion bolstered, proprietary BitTorrent customer possessed and created by BitTorrent, Inc. With more than 100 million users, it is considered as most broadly utilized BitTorrent customer outside China; universally just behind Xunlei. The “µ” in its name originates from the SI prefix “micro”, alluding to the system’s little memory footprint.
Not much really. They're both used to download torrents from host trackers. They also have different user interfaces, so up to you on which do you prefer. Utorrent is has a more basic and user friendly interface, thus more popular.
they are technically the same, but i find on my computer that BitTorrent runs faster and smoother. but they are both torrent opening software.