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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 347 · 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?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) a bill splitter
  3. 3.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) an app that just says hi (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
  4. 4.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
  5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  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 button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a free study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) a button with no action (d) a library due-date alert
  10. 10.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) pick a colour (c) ask possible users (d) just guess
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
  13. 13.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a page of random dots (c) a free study-room finder (d) an app that just says hi
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
  16. 16.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  17. 17.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
  19. 19.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the newest trend (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the rarest need
  20. 20.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
  21. 21.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  22. 22.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) losing water bottles
  25. 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework
  28. 28.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  30. 30.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
  33. 33.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) a long name (c) a cool logo (d) many colours
  34. 34.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  36. 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (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 “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
  38. 38.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  40. 40.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) hard to use (c) easy to build (d) very small

Answer key

  1. missing the bus
  2. a bill splitter
  3. a medicine reminder
  4. a lost-and-found board
  5. Yes
  6. Yes
  7. False
  8. a blank grey screen
  9. a library due-date alert
  10. ask possible users
  11. 6
  12. 7
  13. a free study-room finder
  14. 14
  15. 1
  16. Yes
  17. Yes
  18. 4
  19. the most common need
  20. a homework planner
  21. No
  22. True
  23. 21
  24. missing the bus
  25. False
  26. True
  27. forgetting homework
  28. False
  29. No
  30. No
  31. forgetting homework
  32. 30
  33. a problem to solve
  34. False
  35. losing water bottles
  36. a lost-and-found board
  37. 5
  38. True
  39. forgetting birthdays
  40. hard to use

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