App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 155 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
   forgetting homework: 23 votes
   losing water bottles: 24 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 19 votes
   missing the bus: 6 votes
   losing water bottles: 22 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) losing water bottles
3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a button with no action (c) a library due-date alert (d) a free study-room finder
5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   losing water bottles: 4 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
   forgetting homework: 11 votes
8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 22 votes
   wasting pocket money: 5 votes
   missing the bus: 8 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
9. 9.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
10. 10.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
12. 12.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) a free study-room finder (d) an app that just says hi
13. 13.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
15. 15.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) easy to build (c) very small (d) hard to use
16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
18. 18.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
22. 22.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a medicine reminder (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
23. 23.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
25. 25.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a cool logo
26. 26.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
28. 28.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a page of random dots (c) a bill splitter (d) a free study-room finder
31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
32. 32.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
35. 35.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the rarest need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
36. 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
37. 37.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
38. 38.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
40. 40.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) ask possible users (c) copy another app (d) pick a colour

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