App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 20 · 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?
   no quiet study place: 22 votes
   forgetting homework: 20 votes
   missing the bus: 6 votes
2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 14 votes
   wasting pocket money: 10 votes
   missing the bus: 20 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
3. 3.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) an app that just says hi
4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   forgetting homework: 3 votes
   wasting pocket money: 23 votes
   missing the bus: 25 votes
5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen 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.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) easy to build
8. 8.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) many colours
9. 9.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
11. 11.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes
15. 15.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a library due-date alert
17. 17.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
19. 19.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Kids forget homework” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Use blue buttons”
20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
23. 23.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 18 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
27. 27.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a free study-room finder (c) a button with no action (d) a page of random dots
29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
31. 31.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
34. 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
35. 35.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 4 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
37. 37.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a blank grey screen (d) a medicine reminder
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
39. 39.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) just guess (c) copy another app (d) ask possible users
40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes

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