App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas
Developer's tip (Problem first): A good idea solves a real problem for real people. Ask possible users (a survey) and count the votes. Solve the most common need first; keep the idea focused.
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- 1.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
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2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 24 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes - 3.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 4.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) many colours (c) a problem to solve (d) a cool logo
- 5.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 6.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 7.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
losing water bottles: 14 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus -
9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 7 votes
no quiet study place: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) losing water bottles - 10.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 11.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
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12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “no quiet study place”?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 7 votes - 13.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a blank grey screen (c) a free study-room finder (d) a bill splitter
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14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
forgetting homework: 12 votes
no quiet study place: 9 votes
wasting pocket money: 7 votes - 15.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
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16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 11 votes
wasting pocket money: 22 votes
no quiet study place: 5 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money -
17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
wasting pocket money: 19 votes
missing the bus: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 4 votes - 18.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 18 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes -
20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 18 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
no quiet study place: 14 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place - 21.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 22.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 23.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 19 votes
forgetting homework: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 9 votes - 25.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) an app that just says hi (d) a library due-date alert
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26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 17 votes
wasting pocket money: 24 votes
missing the bus: 18 votes - 27.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
forgetting homework: 6 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes -
30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
losing water bottles: 11 votes
missing the bus: 25 votes
forgetting birthdays: 3 votes - 31.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 7 votes
missing the bus: 21 votes
wasting pocket money: 16 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money -
33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 14 votes
forgetting homework: 7 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes - 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
- 35.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 36.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) very small (c) hard to use (d) finished fast
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 21 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes
missing the bus: 22 votes - 38.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 17 votes
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays -
40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
losing water bottles: 18 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes
Answer key
- a medicine reminder
- 61
- False
- a problem to solve
- Yes
- No
- True
- missing the bus
- losing water bottles
- False
- ask possible users
- 16
- a blank grey screen
- 5
- a page of random dots
- wasting pocket money
- 3
- True
- 58
- losing water bottles
- No
- a study-room finder
- False
- 43
- an app that just says hi
- 1
- True
- True
- 45
- 8
- False
- missing the bus
- 9
- a bill splitter
- Yes
- hard to use
- 46
- True
- missing the bus
- 5
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