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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 166 · 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? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  3. 3.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the most common need (c) the newest trend (d) a random need
  4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
  5. 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) hard to use (c) very small (d) easy to build
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
  8. 8.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) copy another app (c) pick a colour (d) ask possible users
  9. 9.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Make it fast” (d) “Kids forget homework”
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
  12. 12.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
  16. 16.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a long name
  17. 17.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a blank grey screen
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
  20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting homework
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  25. 25.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  27. 27.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a blank grey screen (d) a button with no action
  28. 28.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 free study-room finder
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
  32. 32.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
  34. 34.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
  36. 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
  38. 38.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus
  40. 40.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. forgetting homework
  3. the most common need
  4. 4
  5. hard to use
  6. Yes
  7. 4
  8. ask possible users
  9. False
  10. “Kids forget homework”
  11. 16
  12. False
  13. 43
  14. wasting pocket money
  15. 36
  16. a problem to solve
  17. Yes
  18. a blank grey screen
  19. 2
  20. Yes
  21. False
  22. 36
  23. missing the bus
  24. no quiet study place
  25. True
  26. Yes
  27. a library due-date alert
  28. an app that just says hi
  29. 1
  30. forgetting birthdays
  31. 2
  32. No
  33. 53
  34. False
  35. 9
  36. a homework planner
  37. 4
  38. a lost-and-found board
  39. missing the bus
  40. No

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