App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 178 · 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 students voted in all?
   forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
   missing the bus: 16 votes
   losing water bottles: 19 votes
2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
   missing the bus: 3 votes
   wasting pocket money: 8 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus
3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
5. 5.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the rarest need (c) the newest trend (d) the most common need
6. 6.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a medicine reminder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a free study-room finder
8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
9. 9.💡 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
10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
11. 11.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
14. 14.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a bill splitter
16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
18. 18.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
22. 22.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
24. 24.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a library due-date alert (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
25. 25.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
27. 27.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
29. 29.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
31. 31.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
33. 33.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
35. 35.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) a page of random dots (d) a bill splitter
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
37. 37.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 12 votes
39. 39.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
40. 40.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) hard to use (c) very small (d) finished fast

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