App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 196 · 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? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 22 votes
   missing the bus: 24 votes
   forgetting homework: 19 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
2. 2.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a free study-room finder (d) a blank grey screen
4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
   wasting pocket money: 11 votes
   no quiet study place: 24 votes
   missing the bus: 23 votes
5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
7. 7.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) copy another app (c) ask possible users (d) just guess
9. 9.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
10. 10.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
13. 13.💡 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 homework planner
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
16. 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a page of random dots (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a library due-date alert
19. 19.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
20. 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
22. 22.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
24. 24.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) easy to build (c) very small (d) finished fast
25. 25.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
28. 28.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a page of random dots (d) a library due-date alert
31. 31.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
33. 33.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) a lost-and-found board (d) an app that just says hi
34. 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 14 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place

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