Bike Outliner vs Drummer
Bike Outliner
hogbaysoftware.comDrummer
drummer.scripting.comSide by side
| Figure | Bike Outliner | Drummer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.67/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 0 |
| Spec score · Outliner Software | 8.3 (#9) | 7.5 (#24) |
| Maker | Hog Bay Software is run by Jesse Grosjean, who says he has run it since 2004 and builds mostly Mac software for writing and thinking. | The support page links Drummer to documentation and posts by Dave Winer, but the opened pages do not state a maker headquarters or founding date. |
| Support | Hog Bay Software provides support forums for Bike Outliner, TaskPaper, and WriteRoom. | Drummer has a public support site where users can post questions, comments, and bug reports as issues. |
Plans
Bike Outliner
- Free modeFree
- Bike License – Monthly$2.99 a month
- Bike License – Yearly$19.99 a year
- One-Time Purchase License (Hog Bay Software)Price not published
In their own words
Bike Outliner
Bike Outliner is a macOS app for thinking, writing, organizing lists, notes, and documents. Its outlines support headings, ordered lists, task lists, and other row types, while a rich text editor handles formatting. Full-screen, typewriter, and focus modes provide distraction-free writing. Navigation includes keyboard movement by focus heading, back and forward controls, breadcrumbs, inline buttons, and a navigation bar. Deep links remain valid when an outline file is moved or renamed. Bike uses an HTML-based .bike format and also supports .opml and .txt files, with Markdown support, printing, Quick Look previews, and Finder thumbnails. Scripts, Shortcuts, and AppleScript can control the app. Free mode never expires and covers reading, writing, and editing outlines; additional row types, rich text formatting, Shortcut Actions, and AppleScript require purchase.
Drummer
Drummer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.