App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 509 · 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.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   no quiet study place: 17 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
   missing the bus: 6 votes
2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a page of random dots (c) an app that just says hi (d) a button with no action
3. 3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   losing water bottles: 17 votes
   no quiet study place: 14 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 16 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays
4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a button with no action
5. 5.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
6. 6.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) many colours (c) a problem to solve (d) a cool logo
7. 7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   no quiet study place: 19 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
   missing the bus: 10 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a bill splitter (c) an app that just says hi (d) a blank grey screen
9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “wasting pocket money”?
   wasting pocket money: 13 votes
   forgetting homework: 14 votes
   no quiet study place: 25 votes
10. 10.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
11. 11.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a bill splitter
13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 14 votes
15. 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
16. 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) an app that just says hi
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
18. 18.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a page of random dots (c) a button with no action (d) a blank grey screen
20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
21. 21.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
22. 22.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    wasting pocket money: 20 votes
24. 24.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
25. 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    missing the bus: 13 votes
    losing water bottles: 4 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
27. 27.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 12 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 24 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
30. 30.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
33. 33.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
34. 34.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
35. 35.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) finished fast (b) hard to use (c) easy to build (d) very small
36. 36.💡 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
37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
38. 38.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a blank grey screen (d) a free study-room finder
39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    wasting pocket money: 14 votes
40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money

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