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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 189 · 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? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays
  2. 2.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
  4. 4.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  6. 6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
  7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  8. 8.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a long name (c) a cool logo (d) many colours
  9. 9.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus
  14. 14.💡 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
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
  17. 17.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
  19. 19.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) a lost-and-found board
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
  23. 23.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  25. 25.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
  29. 29.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays
  34. 34.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a medicine reminder
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
  36. 36.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 25 votes

Answer key

  1. forgetting birthdays
  2. Yes
  3. 58
  4. a study-room finder
  5. No
  6. 3
  7. a lost-and-found board
  8. a problem to solve
  9. False
  10. True
  11. No
  12. forgetting birthdays
  13. wasting pocket money
  14. hard to use
  15. 9
  16. 1
  17. a medicine reminder
  18. 35
  19. False
  20. a button with no action
  21. no quiet study place
  22. 47
  23. False
  24. Yes
  25. a medicine reminder
  26. 45
  27. 46
  28. 39
  29. a medicine reminder
  30. an app that just says hi
  31. 33
  32. 53
  33. no quiet study place
  34. a page of random dots
  35. 35
  36. False
  37. No
  38. 51
  39. 5
  40. 14

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