Matt Corey

Howdy, Eurozone friends, I'm looking to localize my screenshots for Bills to Budgets, not a full localization, but just for currencies and date formats.

I know some countries put the € before the amount, and some do it after, and I've also heard that the convention when presented with English (which all of the text will be) is to put the symbol before the amount.

Is that how you would expect it to be presented in a screenshot? Or would it be more suitable to match the locale?

#indiedev

Jun 15, 2024 at 1:09amWeb
Show threadCesare ForelliJun 15, 2024
@matt1corey In Italy is pretty common to see it either in front or after (I'd really struggled to conclude is slightly more common in front), so no difference here, which one is easier and works best for other country
Show threadMatt CoreyJun 15, 2024
@cdf1982 I’m hoping that coming - handling 20 or so AppStore localizations will be much easier if I don’t need to keep track of which is which!
Show threadYoraJun 15, 2024
@matt1corey In Germany, the € always comes behind the value. Everything else would seem wrong.
Show threadJaanus KaseJun 15, 2024

@matt1corey I live in a € country and these look fine

Thousands and decimal separators are different in different countries though. These are all correct somewhere:

€1,377.45
€1.377,45
€1 377.45 (or 1 377.45€)

The thing is, € is used in many different countries with different locale conventions. I don’t know if there is a single canonical correct way. It doesn’t really matter too much I think

Show threadMatt CoreyJun 15, 2024
@jaanus yeah, I thought of this after my original post as well. I don’t know why, but this almost feels like it might be even more ‘personal’ than the placement of the currency symbol!
Show threadJaanus KaseJun 15, 2024

@matt1corey don’t overthink it and waste too much time on it. I (and I think most people in €) am used to seeing these variations and it doesn’t really bother me at all on screenshots

Edit: … of course, as long as the app itself just uses my device locale and locale-aware formatters correctly. Apple’s formatters are great

Show threadMatt CoreyJun 15, 2024

@jaanus yep - the app uses the formaters, and what I’m really hoping to convey is that the currency is localized, so you won’t be forced into the $.

Keeping it simple is definitely the right advice, at least to start with - thanks!

Show threadFilip RadelicJun 15, 2024

@matt1corey currency symbol in front of amount in English does seem to be the norm for some reason, even though every other language in EU puts it behind amount, and most shops even keep it there for the English version of their website and that just seems more natural.

I’d just use Apple’s formatters as they seem to get it right. I have English set as my devices’ language and region set to my country and it displays € behind the amount, as I would expect.

Show threadMatt CoreyJun 15, 2024

@fichek good to know - thanks!

I do use Apple’s locale support in the app, so they would show in-app as you would expect. This is just for the AppStore screenshots

Show threadAxel Le PennecJun 15, 2024
@matt1corey why don’t you let the OS format all that for you?
Show threadMatt CoreyJun 15, 2024
@alpennec oh, I do - this is just for AppStore Screenshots. Generating and maintaining screenshots for 20 additional countries could be incredibly burdensome, but I also don’t want to get it ‘wrong’
Show threadArnaud JoubayJun 15, 2024
@matt1corey @alpennec You may want to give @aspirinshot a try, it’s free to use for the foreseable future ane solves exactly that
Show threadashpoleJun 15, 2024
@matt1corey Euro, Pound and Dollar: all in front ie leading.