App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 35 · 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: 4 votes
   forgetting homework: 7 votes
   missing the bus: 11 votes
2. 2.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
   no quiet study place: 10 votes
   forgetting homework: 18 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
4. 4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   losing water bottles: 14 votes
   wasting pocket money: 5 votes
   no quiet study place: 17 votes
5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
   missing the bus: 23 votes
   no quiet study place: 18 votes
   forgetting homework: 5 votes
6. 6.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) pick a colour (c) just guess (d) ask possible users
7. 7.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 bill splitter
8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 4 votes
   missing the bus: 25 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 20 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place
9. 9.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Kids forget homework” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Make it fast” (d) “Add a logo”
10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
11. 11.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) very small (c) finished fast (d) easy to build
13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
15. 15.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
16. 16.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
18. 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money
21. 21.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
23. 23.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
24. 24.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a free study-room finder (d) a blank grey screen
25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
26. 26.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
27. 27.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
29. 29.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
31. 31.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a medicine reminder (d) a library due-date alert
32. 32.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 lost-and-found board
33. 33.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
34. 34.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
37. 37.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
40. 40.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True

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