Burly vs. Bumpr
Burly vs. Bumpr
Two macOS link pickers. Bumpr chooses between browsers and email apps for $2.99 and even routes mailto links. Burly is free and chooses between profiles, Safari profiles included. Here is how they compare.
Bumpr is a tidy macOS link picker on the Mac App Store. Click a web link and it shows a small popup of your installed browsers under the cursor; click a mailto link and it offers your email apps instead, so it routes email as well as web links. It supports per-domain rules, number-key shortcuts, and browser extensions for right-click routing. It picks browsers and apps, not profiles, so it cannot target a specific browser profile or a Safari profile. It costs $2.99 as a one time purchase.
Burly vs. Bumpr: the quick take
The quick take: Bumpr is a $2.99 Mac App Store picker that handles both web and email links, with per-domain rules and browser extensions, so it is the pick if routing mailto links matters to you. Burly is free and profile first: it chooses between browser profiles, Safari profiles included, with a radial picker, per-profile keys, and a global hotkey for every profile. The dividing line is profiles, Bumpr picks apps and Burly picks profiles.
Burly vs. Bumpr, feature by feature
| Feature | Burly | Bumpr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $2.99 one-time |
| Opens links in a specific browser profile | ✓ | ✗ |
| Targets Safari profiles | ✓ | ✗ |
| Routes email (mailto) links to your choice of app | ✗ | ✓ |
| Per-domain rules | ✗ | ✓ |
| Browser extensions for right-click routing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Picker at your cursor | Radial, under the cursor | Popup under the cursor |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-profile keyboard shortcuts | ✓ | ✗ |
| Global hotkey to open a profile (no link needed) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Per-profile emoji, account photo, and color | ✓ | ✗ |
| Fully local, no account | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native macOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
Feature data verified against each vendor's site in June 2026.
Where Bumpr is the better pick
- Bumpr routes email too. Click a mailto link and it lets you choose the email client, or send it straight to Gmail in the browser you pick.
- It supports per-domain rules, so chosen hosts can always open in a chosen browser with no picker in the way.
- Its browser extensions for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge let you right-click or shift-click a link to route it from inside the browser.
- At $2.99 on the Mac App Store it is mature, inexpensive, and easy to install and trust.
The verdict
Bumpr is a great, inexpensive pick if you want one tidy app to route both web and email links, with per-domain rules as a bonus. Choose Burly if you need to reach a specific browser profile, Work versus Personal Chrome, or a Safari profile, which Bumpr cannot do. Burly is free, native, and treats every profile as a first class destination, with a radial picker, per-profile keys, and a global hotkey for every profile.
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