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.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 2.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 3.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) ask possible users
- 4.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 5.💡 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 lost-and-found board
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6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
wasting pocket money: 7 votes - 7.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 8.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 9.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 6 votes
missing the bus: 16 votes
losing water bottles: 18 votes - 11.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
- 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
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13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 4 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes
no quiet study place: 5 votes -
14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
forgetting homework: 12 votes
losing water bottles: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 23 votes - 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
- 16.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 14 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place -
18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 24 votes
losing water bottles: 12 votes
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes - 19.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
- 20.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Kids forget homework”
- 21.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
- 22.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a button with no action
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23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 3 votes
missing the bus: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 16 votes -
24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 15 votes
missing the bus: 13 votes
forgetting birthdays: 19 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus - 25.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 26.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
wasting pocket money: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 14 votes - 30.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 15 votes
no quiet study place: 19 votes
missing the bus: 11 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place -
32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 9 votes
wasting pocket money: 3 votes
missing the bus: 21 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus - 33.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 7 votes
forgetting homework: 20 votes
missing the bus: 11 votes -
35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
forgetting homework: 5 votes
forgetting birthdays: 15 votes - 36.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 37.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a blank grey screen
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38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 11 votes
forgetting homework: 5 votes
wasting pocket money: 18 votes - 39.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 16 votes
no quiet study place: 24 votes
forgetting homework: 19 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting homework
Answer key
- False
- a homework planner
- ask possible users
- a lost-and-found board
- a bill splitter
- 21
- No
- False
- Yes
- 12
- a button with no action
- a study-room finder
- 16
- 10
- a lost-and-found board
- True
- forgetting birthdays
- 41
- a problem to solve
- “Kids forget homework”
- a medicine reminder
- a lost-and-found board
- 41
- forgetting birthdays
- No
- True
- False
- False
- 1
- True
- no quiet study place
- missing the bus
- False
- 4
- 9
- No
- a bill splitter
- 7
- False
- no quiet study place
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