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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 41 · 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 birthdays: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
  2. 2.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) copy another app (c) ask possible users (d) pick a colour
  3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “no quiet study place”?
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  5. 5.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  7. 7.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
  8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) an app that just says hi (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
  9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
  10. 10.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 bill splitter
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
  12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting homework
  13. 13.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
  15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a medicine reminder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
  17. 17.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
  20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  21. 21.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  22. 22.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) an app that just says hi (d) a free study-room finder
  23. 23.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a long name
  24. 24.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    wasting pocket money: 3 votes
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
  28. 28.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a bill splitter
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
  30. 30.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) an app that just says hi (c) a bill splitter (d) a button with no action
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
  33. 33.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
  38. 38.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Make it fast” (d) “Kids forget homework”
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 8 votes

Answer key

  1. forgetting birthdays
  2. ask possible users
  3. 4
  4. No
  5. False
  6. a study-room finder
  7. a lost-and-found board
  8. a library due-date alert
  9. 47
  10. a blank grey screen
  11. 13
  12. forgetting birthdays
  13. True
  14. a page of random dots
  15. a lost-and-found board
  16. 8
  17. True
  18. No
  19. 24
  20. Yes
  21. a bill splitter
  22. a free study-room finder
  23. a problem to solve
  24. Yes
  25. 8
  26. 18
  27. 2
  28. a lost-and-found board
  29. 35
  30. a bill splitter
  31. losing water bottles
  32. 22
  33. True
  34. True
  35. a medicine reminder
  36. 54
  37. 1
  38. “Kids forget homework”
  39. 14
  40. 3

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