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 of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a library due-date alert (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a button with no action
- 2.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 blank grey screen
- 3.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
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4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 20 votes
no quiet study place: 16 votes
forgetting birthdays: 4 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays - 5.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
- 7.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 8.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Use blue buttons”
- 9.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
- 10.💡 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
- 11.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 12 votes
no quiet study place: 16 votes
losing water bottles: 15 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) losing water bottles -
13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
missing the bus: 8 votes
forgetting homework: 12 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays - 14.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes
missing the bus: 8 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus -
16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 3 votes
missing the bus: 20 votes
forgetting homework: 13 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus - 17.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
- 19.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 20.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 22 votes
missing the bus: 7 votes
wasting pocket money: 24 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus - 22.💡 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
- 23.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 24.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 25.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 22 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) forgetting homework -
27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 15 votes
wasting pocket money: 8 votes -
28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting homework: 9 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 16 votes -
29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 10 votes
no quiet study place: 13 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money -
30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 22 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 8 votes -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 13 votes
forgetting homework: 7 votes
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting birthdays -
32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
no quiet study place: 15 votes
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 8 votes - 33.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 5 votes
wasting pocket money: 9 votes
forgetting homework: 8 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles - 35.💡 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
- 36.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes
missing the bus: 4 votes - 38.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 39.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
missing the bus: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 10 votes
Answer key
- a button with no action
- a blank grey screen
- a problem to solve
- forgetting homework
- a study-room finder
- a bill splitter
- Yes
- “Kids forget homework”
- a medicine reminder
- ask possible users
- False
- no quiet study place
- forgetting homework
- a homework planner
- missing the bus
- missing the bus
- No
- a lost-and-found board
- No
- False
- wasting pocket money
- hard to use
- Yes
- Yes
- False
- missing the bus
- 7
- 13
- forgetting homework
- 40
- wasting pocket money
- 7
- False
- wasting pocket money
- the most common need
- No
- 17
- False
- Yes
- 7
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