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.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
- 2.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) a free study-room finder
- 3.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 4.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
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5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes - 6.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 7.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) very small (c) finished fast (d) hard to use
- 8.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
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9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 13 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
forgetting homework: 6 votes - 10.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 11.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 12.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 13.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a problem to solve (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
- 14.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the newest trend (c) a random need (d) the rarest need
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 18 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 22 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus - 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
- 17.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) an app that just says hi
- 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a blank grey screen (d) a lost-and-found board
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19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes
missing the bus: 6 votes -
20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
forgetting homework: 4 votes
losing water bottles: 24 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting birthdays -
21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 17 votes
forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes -
22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 15 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
forgetting homework: 25 votes - 23.💡 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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24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 14 votes
forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
forgetting homework: 8 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays - 25.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
- 26.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
forgetting homework: 18 votes
no quiet study place: 13 votes
missing the bus: 12 votes - 28.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 25 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money -
30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
forgetting homework: 8 votes
missing the bus: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 9 votes -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 3 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 14 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays - 32.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a lost-and-found board (c) an app that just says hi (d) a button with no action
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
forgetting homework: 13 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes - 34.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 35.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 36.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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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: 14 votes
no quiet study place: 8 votes - 38.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 8 votes
wasting pocket money: 19 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes - 40.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a library due-date alert (d) a blank grey screen
Answer key
- a lost-and-found board
- a button with no action
- False
- a study-room finder
- 40
- Yes
- hard to use
- a bill splitter
- 27
- False
- Yes
- True
- a problem to solve
- the most common need
- no quiet study place
- a medicine reminder
- an app that just says hi
- a blank grey screen
- 44
- losing water bottles
- 49
- 10
- a medicine reminder
- forgetting birthdays
- a medicine reminder
- No
- 6
- ask possible users
- forgetting birthdays
- 5
- forgetting birthdays
- a lost-and-found board
- 7
- Yes
- False
- No
- 9
- False
- 11
- a library due-date alert
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