App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 213 · 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.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) pick a colour (c) ask possible users (d) copy another app
2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
   forgetting homework: 8 votes
   wasting pocket money: 6 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting birthdays
3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
   forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
   forgetting homework: 11 votes
   wasting pocket money: 25 votes
5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 14 votes
   wasting pocket money: 13 votes
   losing water bottles: 20 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
7. 7.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a page of random dots (d) a library due-date alert
8. 8.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
9. 9.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
11. 11.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
13. 13.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) many colours (c) a problem to solve (d) a long name
14. 14.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
16. 16.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the rarest need (c) the newest trend (d) a random need
17. 17.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) an app that just says hi (d) a library due-date alert
19. 19.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
23. 23.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 lost-and-found board
24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
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?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 8 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
29. 29.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
31. 31.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a bill splitter (c) a library due-date alert (d) a lost-and-found board
32. 32.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
34. 34.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
35. 35.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
36. 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays

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