Ares

Softonic review

Ares is a great P2P client for file sharing. It supports the downloading of torrent files, includes a multimedia player, and best of all, is free.

Ares functions

Just like eMule, BitTorrent or uTorrent, Ares helps you download movies, music, programs, games, images and other files (provided they're not covered by copyright).

The application supports the download of Torrent files, letting you preview files before downloading. It includes a player to play media files (audio and video) in the shared folder, as well as letting you surf the web directly from the client.

With Ares, you can download a file from multiple sources, which improves the download speed. When it comes to speed, there is software out there that promises to speed up your Ares downloads, like Ares Galaxy SpeedUp or Turbo Booster, but we're skeptical about their effectiveness.

Intuitive and adapted to all

The interface of Ares is easy to use. With just one click, you can access all the client's main features (search, download, chat, settings, library and Internet browsing) from the main screen.

Take full advantage of the search engine, which allows you to filter content by type.

Download speed

Ares is suitable for those looking for file sharing software that's intuitive and uncomplicated. The waiting time for downloads to start is minimal, and the download speed is excellent.

On occasion (although pretty rarely), you might have trouble connecting, but using the Ares Fix tool will solve this quickly.

Latest versions support BitTorrent protocol and Shoutcast radio stations

Changes

Latest versions support BitTorrent protocol and Shoutcast radio stations

User reviews about Ares

by Andy Desoto
worthless. I loaded it up, and downloaded a few bits, all good. then suddenly every time i open it, it tries to reinstall, and then crashes. Bit of a waste of timeMore
reviewed onSeptember 7, 2016
by Anonymous
Ares no longer free P2P . Ares is no longer free. You either have to pay $10 per month or $30 for six months, otherwise you will just download ads. This just started a couple days ago. Considering that you can't download whatever music you want, whenever you want since, and that the music is often incorrectly labeled, because it's P2P, it should remain FREE. More
reviewed onMarch 22, 2014
by Anonymous
4 out of 5 dl's are ads for aresads.com which asks for money (scam?). So far I have downloaded 15 songs(in two days) and I actually have 5 that are real songs and not the adware that directs you to ares ads.com in both English and Spanish,so imho ares is mostly useless unless you like wasting your time downloading and listening to the same ads over and over again.
Pros:
I like the interface and ease of usage.
Cons:
Those ads need to be removed from the share filesMore
reviewed onJuly 17, 2013
by Anonymous
it is good for music and video. i like the website it is good i will like to use this site for my music and video and so many other thing.
Pros:
music and videoMore
reviewed onJanuary 2, 2013
by Anonymous
Ares 2.1.2.3036. This has been an incredible P2P for home use for over 2 years and going strong for mostly music but in the past year, many movies too.
Pros:
As long as you know what file you are looking for, for example, I make sure that the language is english and the format is .avi, and I typically look for the quality having at least 3 stars...I end up with exactly what I wa looking for. Great program for beginners and experts.
Cons:
I kind of wish it had suggestions...if I'm not 100% sure of what I was looking for, and in rare occassions, I've downloaded a movie that will redirect me to a site to purchase codecs to play it, which I end up deleting...so it would be nice if there was a section that would ensure I have the codecs to play it before the download begins.More
reviewed onMarch 28, 2011
by Anonymous
can u help me to find out what's wrong caz i have downloaded this free ares. can u help me to find out what's wrong caz i have downloaded this free ares morte than 20 times and it stil not working.
what's wrong then? it keeps saying conecting but it does not conect at all.More
reviewed onDecember 10, 2010

by Andy Desoto

worthless. I loaded it up, and downloaded a few bits, all good. then suddenly every time i open it, it tries to reinstall, and then crashes. Bit of a waste of timeMore

reviewed onSeptember 7, 2016

by Anonymous

Ares no longer free P2P . Ares is no longer free. You either have to pay $10 per month or $30 for six months, otherwise you will just download ads. This just started a couple days ago. Considering that you can't download whatever music you want, whenever you want since, and that the music is often incorrectly labeled, because it's P2P, it should remain FREE. More

reviewed onMarch 22, 2014

4 out of 5 dl's are ads for aresads.com which asks for money (scam?). So far I have downloaded 15 songs(in two days) and I actually have 5 that are real songs and not the adware that directs you to ares ads.com in both English and Spanish,so imho ares is mostly useless unless you like wasting your time downloading and listening to the same ads over and over again.
Pros:
I like the interface and ease of usage.
Cons:
Those ads need to be removed from the share filesMore

reviewed onJuly 17, 2013

it is good for music and video. i like the website it is good i will like to use this site for my music and video and so many other thing.
Pros:
music and videoMore

reviewed onJanuary 2, 2013

Ares 2.1.2.3036. This has been an incredible P2P for home use for over 2 years and going strong for mostly music but in the past year, many movies too.
Pros:
As long as you know what file you are looking for, for example, I make sure that the language is english and the format is .avi, and I typically look for the quality having at least 3 stars...I end up with exactly what I wa looking for. Great program for beginners and experts.
Cons:
I kind of wish it had suggestions...if I'm not 100% sure of what I was looking for, and in rare occassions, I've downloaded a movie that will redirect me to a site to purchase codecs to play it, which I end up deleting...so it would be nice if there was a section that would ensure I have the codecs to play it before the download begins.More

reviewed onMarch 28, 2011

can u help me to find out what's wrong caz i have downloaded this free ares. can u help me to find out what's wrong caz i have downloaded this free ares morte than 20 times and it stil not working.
what's wrong then? it keeps saying conecting but it does not conect at all.More

reviewed onDecember 10, 2010

Ares for Windows

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