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.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 4 votes
forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
no quiet study place: 10 votes -
3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 3 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes - 4.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 5.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a blank grey screen (c) an app that just says hi (d) a page of random dots
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6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
wasting pocket money: 12 votes
missing the bus: 3 votes
forgetting homework: 15 votes -
7.📊 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: 20 votes
forgetting homework: 11 votes -
8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes
forgetting birthdays: 7 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays -
9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 13 votes
wasting pocket money: 18 votes
missing the bus: 22 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus -
10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 4 votes
forgetting homework: 25 votes -
11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
wasting pocket money: 22 votes
forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
forgetting homework: 10 votes -
12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 19 votes
losing water bottles: 14 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework - 13.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a medicine reminder
- 14.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 8 votes
missing the bus: 12 votes
forgetting homework: 10 votes - 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a homework planner (b) a medicine reminder (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
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17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 11 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes
forgetting homework: 10 votes -
18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 5 votes
missing the bus: 19 votes
forgetting homework: 11 votes -
19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 5 votes
missing the bus: 19 votes
forgetting birthdays: 23 votes - 20.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 21.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a library due-date alert
- 22.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 23.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
- 24.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) easy to build
- 25.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a bill splitter (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
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26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 23 votes
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 19 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays - 27.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 lost-and-found board
- 28.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 16 votes
wasting pocket money: 13 votes
missing the bus: 21 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) wasting pocket money - 30.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 32.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
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34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 20 votes
missing the bus: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 18 votes -
35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
wasting pocket money: 15 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes
missing the bus: 16 votes - 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 37.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
- 38.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
- 39.💡 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
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40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
no quiet study place: 25 votes
forgetting homework: 11 votes
forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
Answer key
- Yes
- 29
- 32
- Yes
- a free study-room finder
- 9
- 15
- no quiet study place
- missing the bus
- 44
- 12
- no quiet study place
- an app that just says hi
- False
- 30
- a study-room finder
- 6
- 35
- 47
- Yes
- a blank grey screen
- True
- a lost-and-found board
- hard to use
- a bill splitter
- missing the bus
- a lost-and-found board
- True
- missing the bus
- False
- No
- No
- a homework planner
- 60
- 8
- a medicine reminder
- a bill splitter
- a problem to solve
- ask possible users
- 8
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