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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
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1.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 25 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes
missing the bus: 4 votes - 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) an app that just says hi (c) a library due-date alert (d) a button with no action
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3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 25 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 18 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting homework - 4.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) a medicine reminder
- 5.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 6.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the newest trend (c) a random need (d) the most common need
- 7.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
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9.📊 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
forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes -
10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 8 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 14 votes - 11.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
- 13.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
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14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 15 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes - 15.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) hard to use (c) finished fast (d) easy to build
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16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 7 votes
wasting pocket money: 24 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes - 17.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
- 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a free study-room finder (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
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19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 14 votes
losing water bottles: 12 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles - 20.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) an app that just says hi
- 22.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a cool logo (d) a long name
- 23.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
- 24.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 26.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) pick a colour (c) just guess (d) copy another app
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes - 28.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 29.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 23 votes -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
no quiet study place: 8 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes -
32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 5 votes
forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
no quiet study place: 8 votes - 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
- 34.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 8 votes
forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
wasting pocket money: 3 votes - 36.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a button with no action
- 37.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
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38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
forgetting homework: 5 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 9 votes - 39.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 9 votes
Answer key
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- a library due-date alert
- forgetting homework
- a medicine reminder
- False
- the most common need
- True
- a study-room finder
- 6
- 25
- True
- a lost-and-found board
- a medicine reminder
- 47
- hard to use
- 48
- “Kids forget homework”
- a blank grey screen
- no quiet study place
- False
- an app that just says hi
- a problem to solve
- a lost-and-found board
- True
- False
- ask possible users
- 42
- No
- Yes
- 7
- 1
- 38
- a study-room finder
- Yes
- 24
- a button with no action
- a homework planner
- 6
- No
- 26
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