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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 447 · 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? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
  2. 2.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
  3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 15 votes
  6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  7. 7.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) many colours (c) a problem to solve (d) a cool logo
  8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  9. 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
  12. 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
  13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
  17. 17.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a library due-date alert (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    losing water bottles: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 11 votes
  20. 20.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
  22. 22.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
  24. 24.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  25. 25.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) wasting pocket money (c) losing water bottles
  28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
  29. 29.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) missing the bus
  32. 32.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
  33. 33.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) copy another app (b) pick a colour (c) just guess (d) ask possible users
  34. 34.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
  36. 36.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) a page of random dots
  38. 38.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) hard to use
  40. 40.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a button with no action (c) a library due-date alert (d) a medicine reminder

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a lost-and-found board
  3. Yes
  4. Yes
  5. 6
  6. Yes
  7. a problem to solve
  8. wasting pocket money
  9. a lost-and-found board
  10. 3
  11. 11
  12. a homework planner
  13. No
  14. 16
  15. missing the bus
  16. 45
  17. a blank grey screen
  18. a medicine reminder
  19. 13
  20. Yes
  21. 2
  22. a homework planner
  23. 11
  24. Yes
  25. False
  26. wasting pocket money
  27. wasting pocket money
  28. 2
  29. No
  30. 9
  31. missing the bus
  32. “Kids forget homework”
  33. ask possible users
  34. No
  35. 34
  36. False
  37. a library due-date alert
  38. False
  39. hard to use
  40. a button with no action

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