Lightroom versus Bridge

There are several differences between Lightroom and Bridge. For one thing, Bridge is simply a source to view materials while Lightroom is a database of sorts. Bridge is unable to work off-line, as it doesn't store data, rather, it acts as a link between programs for easy file transferring. Lightroom, on the other hand, allows for off-line work because it stores data using an "import" feature. Furthermore, some believe that Bridge is not user friendly because there are so many features. Lightroom is much simpler to some users because the program is actually designed to be efficient. Lightroom's features seem preferable because of the way they are geared toward photographers specifically, whereas Bridge is useful for many tasks above and beyond photography.