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.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 13 votes
losing water bottles: 23 votes
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes - 2.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 3.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) an app that just says hi (c) a button with no action (d) a page of random dots
- 4.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a blank grey screen
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6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 13 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place - 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
- 8.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) very small (c) hard to use (d) easy to build
- 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
- 10.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the rarest need (c) the newest trend (d) a random need
- 11.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a medicine reminder (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
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13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 22 votes
forgetting homework: 20 votes
losing water bottles: 15 votes - 14.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
forgetting homework: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 4 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes - 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
- 17.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 18.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Make it fast”
- 19.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 20.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) ask possible users
- 21.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 22.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 6 votes
missing the bus: 25 votes
wasting pocket money: 17 votes - 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
- 25.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
- 26.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 12 votes
forgetting birthdays: 4 votes - 28.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 30.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 14 votes
forgetting homework: 18 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays - 32.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a bill splitter (d) a free study-room finder
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 8 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 6 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles - 34.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 7 votes
missing the bus: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 17 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money -
36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 11 votes
wasting pocket money: 14 votes - 37.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a cool logo (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
- 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? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
forgetting homework: 8 votes
wasting pocket money: 16 votes
forgetting birthdays: 11 votes -
40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
wasting pocket money: 15 votes
Answer key
- 57
- No
- a bill splitter
- False
- a lost-and-found board
- no quiet study place
- a lost-and-found board
- hard to use
- a study-room finder
- the most common need
- False
- a medicine reminder
- 57
- an app that just says hi
- 5
- a library due-date alert
- Yes
- “Kids forget homework”
- a lost-and-found board
- ask possible users
- Yes
- True
- 11
- a study-room finder
- a bill splitter
- No
- 31
- True
- False
- a bill splitter
- forgetting homework
- a page of random dots
- losing water bottles
- Yes
- wasting pocket money
- 30
- a problem to solve
- True
- 8
- 59
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