AlphaRatio

Introduction

Getting access to a private torrent tracker website may be tough but maintaining a healthy ratio on such websites is a different challenge altogether. Most of the private torrent trackers have high standards when it comes to ratio maintenance. And thus, if you’re unable to maintain a healthy ratio, your account can get banned or deleted. In order to avoid the hassle, you can choose a tracker site that goes easy in regards to ratio maintenance and download counts. And one such website that I recently came across was ‘AlphaRatio’.

What is AlphaRatio?

AlphaRatio is among the many torrent tracker websites on the internet that lets you download torrents for free. It has a private community and can be accessed by the registered members. AlphaRatio is very strict in terms of memberships and only allows people who are invited by the members. The website has a sizable free indie content library consisting of torrents that cover numerous categories.

History of AlphaRatio

AlphaRatio was launched in the year 2014 and has been operating as a private torrent community for a long time. The website has a big free indie torrent library with a great seed and leecher ratio. Out of 14,985 members, more than 12k members are active every week.

Is AlphaRatio safe?

For a torrent site to be safe for browsing, it needs to have an SSL certificate, which AlphaRatio does have. By using tools such as SEOQuake and MOZ, you can easily check the credibility of a website by gauging Domain Score (DS) and Trust Score (TS). Based on my research, AlphaRatio has a domain score of 2 and a trust score of 31 which is quite poor. Sure, it’s not uncommon for torrent sites to have a DS less than 15 and a TS less than 40. But given that AlphaRatio started its journey in 2014 and still hasn’t managed to surpass DS of 3 is quite disappointing. We’ve seen several sites establishing authority in the same niche within a lesser timeframe.

What should you expect from AlphaRatio?

Bonus Points – AlphaRatio has a simple way of rewarding bonus points to its members. The members have to upload or seed torrents to redeem it for benefits like Freeleech Tokens, HnR tokens, and upload credits. The bonus points are automatically assessed and credited to the member’s profile. There are limited period offers too, where the members can buy higher upload credit, invites, and ratio boost.

Forums – The best thing about AlphaRatio is the forums that are highly active and comprise numerous topics. As a member, you are allowed to participate in these forums and reply to the topics or queries. You can start your own topics in the forums about your personal experiences or any problems that you might have faced while using the website.

Request – AlphaRatio’s varied free indie content library may fall short for some users and to cope up with this type of shortcomings, the website has a ‘Request’ page. This page allows the users to post their content requests and the rest of the community members try to fulfill these requests within a stipulated time. You can respond to a particular request too.

User Class/Rank System – Torrent websites have ranks and user classes that depict the contribution/achievements of a specific member of the torrent community. Similarly, AlphaRatio has a user class/rank system for the members of its community. There are many levels in AlphaRatio’s user class system and they are named very creatively. The new joiners are given the ‘Mortal’ rank and the highest rank is granted to the ‘Sysop’ who looks after the website. There are other ranks too, such as ‘Philosopher’, ‘Centaur’, ‘Satyr’, ‘Demi-God’, ‘Cerberus’, etc.

Varied Free Indie Content – As mentioned above AlphaRatio has an extensive free indie content library that covers various content categories.

AlphaRatio in numbers

AlphaRatio is a mid-size community with nearly 15,000 registered members. It caters to a global audience that has a keen interest in downloading general free indie torrents. There are tons of torrents on the site and most of the free indie content is seeded which allows the website to maintain a respectable seeder/leecher ratio just under 80%.

As per the Alexa rankings, AlphaRatio is ranked #74,448 which makes it amongst the top 75,000 websites on the internet. It attracts more than 100,000 visits a month and an average visit on the site lasts for more than 2.53 minutes. An average user visits 2.4 pages before bouncing off the website. In terms of engagement, AlphaRatio does surpass all my expectations. Due to the incredible user interaction, it is able to maintain an excellent bounce rate at 30.7%.

How to access AlphaRatio?

You can access AlphaRatio by searching for the term ‘AlphaRatio.cc’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: AlphaRatio.

Design

AlphaRatio has a very basic layout with a single color background and numerous website functionalities. The website is made of components like links, texts, checkboxes, search bars, icons, and tables. The components included in the website enable the users to navigate through the website pages conveniently.

Header – Even with a basic layout, the website looks to offer maximum convenience to its members. To which AlphaRatio features a header that consists of options like ‘Home’, ‘Torrents’, ‘Requests’, ‘Forums’, ‘Top 10’, ‘Wiki’, ‘Staff’, ‘Seedbox’, and ‘The Bar’.

Inner Pages – AlphaRatio has very few inner pages that sum up the entire free indie content of the website. Every page of the website is designed differently with all the components placed carefully. The pages with the most functionalities are ‘Torrents’ and ‘Requests’ with tables, search bars, checkboxes, links, and text.

Content

In terms of content, AlphaRatio might surpass your expectations with its torrents that span across the numerous categories. When downloading free indie content, the members have to make sure that they maintain a healthy ratio and for every file they download, they either seed for some torrents or upload one in exchange. To avoid reducing the ratio points, the members can download freeleech content too.

Desktop/Mobile experience

AlphaRatio can be accessed from both desktops and mobiles. The website layout is desktop friendly and all the functionalities work efficiently on it. It also opens very fast on desktops and renders excellent torrent downloads speed.

You may face some inconvenience when using the website on mobile phones. AlphaRatio does not have a dedicated mobile version of the website, due to which the options and functionalities appear smaller. To select a particular option or click on a button, you will have to zoom in and out every time.

In order to get the best website experience, you need to have an internet speed of more than 10 Mbps.

Suggestions I have for AlphaRatio

There are many great things about AlphaRatio that can be tempting for regular torrent downloaders. However, things like $10 as a minimum donation amount with added benefits can be discouraging, as there are other torrent websites that have relatively lower donation amounts with similar benefits.

Additionally, the lack of a mobile version of the website can be a turn off for torrent downloaders who prefer using the website on both desktop and mobile. Therefore, AlphaRatio can launch a simple app or a responsive website for the convenience of mobile users.

Conclusion

AlphaRatio has most of the aspects that make a great torrent website. If the website improves on a few major points, it can become a hub for regular torrent downloaders. As a user, if you do get an opportunity to become a part of this community, I’d advise you to not squander it.