Development status Active | Size 56.3 MB | |
Developer(s) Catalina Group Ltd.
Epom Ad Server Initial release July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22) Stable release Win: 45.0.2454.266, Mac: 44.0.2403.264. / November 10, 2015; 15 months ago (2015-11-10) Operating system | ||
Citrio is a free web browser developed by Catalina Group Ltd. and distributed by Epom Ad Server. Citrio is available for Windows and Mac OS X. Citrio has a download manager that includes Bittorrent support, a video downloader, a media player and a proxy switcher. Citrio is based on the open source Chromium web browser project, which makes it compatible with all extensions, apps and themes from Chrome Web Store.
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The website genxposè conducted an investigation into Citrio after the installation of the program triggered multiple malware warnings, and judged it spyware falsely representing itself as a secure browser.
Features
Citrio has a built-in download manager that allows to pause and resume downloads, sorts downloaded files by date, type and download status. The browser has an inbuilt BitTorrent client which allows to download torrent files and magnet links without additional software. Citrio’s video grabber makes it possible to download files from multiple online video websites. Downloaded torrents and videos are displayed together with the other downloads in a respective section in the browser. A built-in media player can play video files while their download is still in progress. Citrio has a built-in ad blocking extension.
History and development
Citrio browser is distributed by Epom Ad Server and developed by Catalina Group. Citrio was initially released in 2013 with a number of its core features, such as the download manager, torrent manager, video downloader and proxy switcher.
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Reception
Citrio has been generally well-reviewed for its downloading capabilities, such as the download manager, torrent and video downloader.
Others have criticized it as adware and a security risk, with misleading promotional materials and privacy-invading user data collection. genxposè reviewed Citrio in December 2014, concluding "[W]hat pains me is that the trust they talk about seems to be nothing more than a sales pitch cloaking a lie instead; a deception, and users may pay the price for it by unknowingly and unwillingly sacrificing protection, safety, security and personal information."
In February 2015, CNET reviewed Citrio with the following conclusion: “...if you download a lot of media files from the Internet, you should definitely give Citrio a try. It offers one of the easiest ways we've seen to download files, and, aside from the Ask [toolbar] "optimization," there was a lot to like in this free browser.”