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?
forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 22 votes
forgetting homework: 24 votes -
2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 13 votes
missing the bus: 21 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money - 3.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter 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?
missing the bus: 24 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 9 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money - 5.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a page of random dots (c) a button with no action (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: 21 votes
missing the bus: 14 votes
no quiet study place: 20 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus -
7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
missing the bus: 14 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes - 8.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a free study-room finder
- 9.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 10.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a blank grey screen (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
- 11.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 12.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) pick a colour (c) just guess (d) copy another app
- 13.💡 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 bill splitter
- 14.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 9 votes
missing the bus: 17 votes
wasting pocket money: 12 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money - 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
- 17.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) hard to use
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18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 14 votes - 19.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a cool logo (c) a long name (d) many colours
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20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 15 votes
no quiet study place: 14 votes
forgetting homework: 4 votes - 21.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
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22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes -
23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 17 votes
missing the bus: 25 votes
forgetting homework: 7 votes - 24.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
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25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
losing water bottles: 19 votes
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework - 26.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 16 votes
missing the bus: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes - 28.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 11 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes
missing the bus: 5 votes - 30.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
missing the bus: 16 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes - 32.💡 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 lost-and-found board
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 7 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes - 34.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 35.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the newest trend (c) a random need (d) the most common need
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36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
missing the bus: 19 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays -
37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 14 votes
forgetting homework: 9 votes (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework -
38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 25 votes
wasting pocket money: 20 votes - 39.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 23 votes
wasting pocket money: 25 votes
missing the bus: 13 votes
Answer key
- 61
- missing the bus
- Yes
- missing the bus
- a medicine reminder
- forgetting homework
- 55
- a free study-room finder
- No
- a blank grey screen
- False
- ask possible users
- a study-room finder
- “Kids forget homework”
- missing the bus
- a homework planner
- hard to use
- 35
- a problem to solve
- 33
- a medicine reminder
- 16
- 49
- a library due-date alert
- forgetting homework
- Yes
- 30
- Yes
- 39
- True
- 39
- a bill splitter
- 21
- No
- the most common need
- missing the bus
- wasting pocket money
- 5
- No
- 61
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