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? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
no quiet study place: 13 votes
forgetting homework: 7 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays -
2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
missing the bus: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
forgetting homework: 16 votes - 3.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
losing water bottles: 21 votes
wasting pocket money: 9 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays - 5.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
- 7.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a cool logo (c) a long name (d) many colours
- 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
- 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
- 10.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 11.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
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12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 11 votes - 13.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 14.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 17.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
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18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 19 votes
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
missing the bus: 12 votes - 19.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) an app that just says hi (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
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20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 18 votes
missing the bus: 12 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place - 21.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
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22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
losing water bottles: 11 votes
forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
wasting pocket money: 7 votes - 23.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) ask possible users (c) copy another app (d) just guess
- 24.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the newest trend (c) the most common need (d) a random need
- 25.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 11 votes
forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework -
27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
missing the bus: 18 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money - 28.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 16 votes
no quiet study place: 11 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes - 30.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes - 32.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 9 votes
wasting pocket money: 21 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes -
34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework -
35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 18 votes
wasting pocket money: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 24 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money - 36.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) very small (c) easy to build (d) finished fast
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes - 38.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a page of random dots
- 39.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
forgetting homework: 18 votes
missing the bus: 14 votes
no quiet study place: 6 votes
Answer key
- no quiet study place
- 8
- Yes
- losing water bottles
- False
- a bill splitter
- a problem to solve
- a study-room finder
- a homework planner
- No
- a medicine reminder
- 43
- Yes
- True
- True
- a lost-and-found board
- a study-room finder
- 53
- a medicine reminder
- no quiet study place
- “Kids forget homework”
- 7
- ask possible users
- the most common need
- No
- forgetting birthdays
- wasting pocket money
- a lost-and-found board
- 41
- True
- 47
- Yes
- 12
- losing water bottles
- losing water bottles
- hard to use
- 26
- a lost-and-found board
- No
- 12
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