Two independent settings: language and region
- The language (French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, or Dutch) changes the app's display.
- The region changes the product database behind the suggestions you get while typing in the grocery list or the pantry.
Each territory has its own catalogue of several thousand products: the names people actually use there, local brands, and the formats sold in stores. For example, the UK gets "aubergine" and "double cream", the US gets common American brands, France gets "myrtilles" and "crème fraîche".
Covered territories
| App language | Available regions | | --- | --- | | Français | Canada · France · Belgique · Suisse · Autre / International | | English | Canada · United States · United Kingdom · Australia · Other / International | | Español | España · México · Estados Unidos · Otro / Internacional | | Deutsch | Deutschland · Österreich · Schweiz · Andere / International | | Italiano | Italia · Svizzera · Altro / Internazionale | | Nederlands | Nederland · België · Overig / Internationaal |
The list depends on the app language: to pick Australia, for example, the app has to be in English. Some countries also have one database per language: Switzerland in French, German or Italian, Belgium in French or Dutch, the United States in English or Spanish.
Other / International is a generic product database in the app's language, for countries that don't have their own region yet.
Set automatically at the start
Nothing to configure: the region is detected on first use, always in line with the app language.
- Mobile app: from your device's language and region (e.g. a phone set to "English (UK)" starts with the United Kingdom region).
- Web: from the country you're connecting from when you create your profile (onboarding).
If your country has no dedicated region in your language, you start on Other / International. One exception, in English: New Zealand starts on Australia, the closest market.
Change it anytime
Go to Profile → Settings → Region and pick your country: the effect on suggestions is immediate. Items you've already added, your recipes and your plans stay intact: only the suggestions and the display (units, vocabulary) adapt.
Bonus: units and vocabulary
- Metric everywhere except Canada and the United States: in Europe (UK included), Australia, Mexico and with International, recipes display in ml, g and °C by default instead of cups and °F. The Metric / Imperial switch on a recipe lets you flip whenever you like.
- France, Belgium and Switzerland (in French): recipe vocabulary adapts to European French ("myrtilles" rather than "bleuets", "beurre de cacahuète" rather than "beurre d'arachide").
- The app's own words too: "shopping list" rather than "grocery list" in the United Kingdom and Australia; "liste de courses" in French for France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Your country isn't listed?
Pick Other / International: a generic product database in the app's language. Or go with the region closest to your grocery habits: in New Zealand, Australia; in Ireland, United Kingdom; in Luxembourg, France or Belgium (app in French). And remember: free typing works everywhere, for any product.
Drop us a line through the Contact page on olivi.ca to tell us which country to add: product databases are built on demand.