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Why would I buy this over Obsidian or Logseq, both of which are free and support more platforms?


I think the quote on the app page says it all: bikes, not aircraft carriers. I use Obsidian, and really like it, but it’s an aircraft carrier. Bike is, well, a bike.

I might, after using it, find that it’s just too simple and I need an aircraft carrier after all, but my impression right now is that the Obsidian-vs-Bike comparison is not 1:1 enough to be fair.


but it’s an aircraft carrier.

A cargo bike perhaps, but if you call Obsidian an aircraft carrier already then there aren't much metaphores left for software which does way more and is (feels) slower than Obsidian.


If you need to run it on something other than a Mac, you wouldn't.


Because you're looking for a native application which is a classic outliner. The apps you mentioned are much more than outliners.


If you want a super-fast, Mac-native quality app.


It's super-fast, and Mac native, but quite basic.


For many of us, that's a positive.


Could be, for not for $37.

There are other, equally basic for $0 or $10.


None equally integrated into the macOS system for that price though. Omnioutliner (the typical go-to native Mac outliner) is more than double.


Bike is usable forever (opening, editing, saving) without paying anything.

You only need to pay if you want to change some of the settings or use applescripts.




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