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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 364 · 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.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  5. 5.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a problem to solve (c) a cool logo (d) a long name
  8. 8.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
  10. 10.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) an app that just says hi (d) a bill splitter
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
  12. 12.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  14. 14.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes     (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 25 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
  20. 20.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
  22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
  23. 23.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
  25. 25.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 14 votes     (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  28. 28.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
  30. 30.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 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
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 20 votes
    wasting pocket money: 18 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes     (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework
  33. 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a homework planner (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  34. 34.💡 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
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  36. 36.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 21 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework

Answer key

  1. a lost-and-found board
  2. a medicine reminder
  3. 47
  4. No
  5. a library due-date alert
  6. No
  7. a problem to solve
  8. Yes
  9. 9
  10. a bill splitter
  11. 32
  12. False
  13. a blank grey screen
  14. True
  15. No
  16. forgetting homework
  17. 63
  18. 8
  19. losing water bottles
  20. “Kids forget homework”
  21. 41
  22. 60
  23. False
  24. 45
  25. a medicine reminder
  26. losing water bottles
  27. no quiet study place
  28. True
  29. 42
  30. False
  31. hard to use
  32. missing the bus
  33. a bill splitter
  34. the most common need
  35. forgetting birthdays
  36. False
  37. Yes
  38. 2
  39. 28
  40. losing water bottles

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