App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 460 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) just guess (c) ask possible users (d) copy another app
2. 2.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Make it fast” (b) “Use blue buttons” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Kids forget homework”
3. 3.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
5. 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) easy to build (c) finished fast (d) hard to use
6. 6.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a study-room finder (b) a medicine reminder (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
8. 8.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
10. 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
11. 11.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
15. 15.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a page of random dots (c) a library due-date alert (d) a free study-room finder
16. 16.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 16 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
20. 20.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
21. 21.💡 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
22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
24. 24.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.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
26. 26.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
29. 29.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a library due-date alert (d) a button with no action
30. 30.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) a random need (b) the rarest need (c) the newest trend (d) the most common need
31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place
34. 34.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    losing water bottles: 14 votes
    no quiet study place: 20 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
38. 38.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) missing the bus

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