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 more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
wasting pocket money: 12 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes - 2.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
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3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 25 votes
wasting pocket money: 16 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes - 4.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) very small
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5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
missing the bus: 9 votes
forgetting homework: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 22 votes - 6.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes
forgetting birthdays: 20 votes - 8.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 9.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
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10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 25 votes
missing the bus: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes - 11.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
no quiet study place: 11 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes - 13.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
- 14.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 15.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) a long name
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16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 10 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes
forgetting homework: 22 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework -
17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting homework: 10 votes
no quiet study place: 21 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes - 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a medicine reminder (c) an app that just says hi (d) a free study-room finder
- 19.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 20.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a homework planner
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21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
forgetting homework: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 24 votes -
22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 4 votes
losing water bottles: 10 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework -
23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes - 24.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 17 votes
missing the bus: 14 votes
forgetting homework: 25 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus -
28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 20 votes
wasting pocket money: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 19 votes - 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
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30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes - 32.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 21 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles -
34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 14 votes
forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 15 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework - 35.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 7 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
losing water bottles: 13 votes -
37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 18 votes
forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
forgetting homework: 21 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays - 38.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 39.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
- 40.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
Answer key
- 3
- “Kids forget homework”
- 61
- hard to use
- 10
- No
- 53
- No
- a lost-and-found board
- 46
- Yes
- 6
- a medicine reminder
- Yes
- a problem to solve
- forgetting homework
- 1
- an app that just says hi
- True
- a medicine reminder
- 17
- missing the bus
- 13
- True
- True
- False
- forgetting homework
- 42
- a study-room finder
- 18
- 7
- a bill splitter
- forgetting homework
- forgetting birthdays
- True
- 6
- forgetting homework
- Yes
- the most common need
- a lost-and-found board
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