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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 486 · 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 “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
  2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
  3. 3.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  4. 4.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
  6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a lost-and-found board
  7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
  8. 8.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
  9. 9.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.💡 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
  11. 11.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 9 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting homework
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
  16. 16.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) ask possible users (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
  17. 17.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  18. 18.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes
    missing the bus: 13 votes     (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting homework
  20. 20.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the newest trend (c) a random need (d) the rarest need
  21. 21.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) an app that just says hi
  22. 22.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 16 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
  26. 26.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a bill splitter (d) an app that just says hi
  27. 27.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a library due-date alert (c) a medicine reminder (d) a button with no action
  28. 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
  29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes
  30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    losing water bottles: 18 votes
  31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 20 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 4 votes     (a) losing water bottles (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  32. 32.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
  33. 33.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a long name (c) many colours (d) a problem to solve
  34. 34.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
  36. 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  37. 37.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 38
  3. Yes
  4. a homework planner
  5. 37
  6. a study-room finder
  7. a bill splitter
  8. 8
  9. False
  10. hard to use
  11. False
  12. Yes
  13. forgetting homework
  14. 1
  15. 1
  16. ask possible users
  17. Yes
  18. No
  19. forgetting homework
  20. the most common need
  21. an app that just says hi
  22. True
  23. 8
  24. losing water bottles
  25. 9
  26. a bill splitter
  27. a button with no action
  28. a page of random dots
  29. 36
  30. 39
  31. no quiet study place
  32. a lost-and-found board
  33. a problem to solve
  34. No
  35. 8
  36. No
  37. True
  38. False
  39. 6
  40. 33

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