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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 162 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
  2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a bill splitter (d) a page of random dots
  3. 3.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) many colours (c) a cool logo (d) a problem to solve
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
  8. 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a library due-date alert (d) an app that just says hi
  10. 10.💡 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
  11. 11.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  14. 14.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the newest trend (c) the rarest need (d) the most common need
  15. 15.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) very small (c) finished fast (d) easy to build
  16. 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  17. 17.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  18. 18.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Use blue buttons” (d) “Make it fast”
  19. 19.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) losing water bottles
  22. 22.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a free study-room finder
  26. 26.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) an app that just says hi (d) a lost-and-found board
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
  31. 31.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
  32. 32.💡 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
  33. 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework
  37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes

Answer key

  1. missing the bus
  2. a bill splitter
  3. a problem to solve
  4. 9
  5. No
  6. no quiet study place
  7. losing water bottles
  8. a medicine reminder
  9. an app that just says hi
  10. ask possible users
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Yes
  14. the most common need
  15. hard to use
  16. a bill splitter
  17. No
  18. “Kids forget homework”
  19. Yes
  20. No
  21. no quiet study place
  22. True
  23. wasting pocket money
  24. a page of random dots
  25. a blank grey screen
  26. False
  27. losing water bottles
  28. a lost-and-found board
  29. 38
  30. 5
  31. a study-room finder
  32. a lost-and-found board
  33. a medicine reminder
  34. 29
  35. 16
  36. forgetting homework
  37. No
  38. 6
  39. 5
  40. 7

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