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.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 16 votes
no quiet study place: 20 votes
wasting pocket money: 11 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place -
2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
wasting pocket money: 4 votes
losing water bottles: 13 votes
forgetting homework: 5 votes -
3.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 23 votes
missing the bus: 17 votes
wasting pocket money: 8 votes -
4.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 18 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes - 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) easy to build (c) very small (d) finished fast
- 6.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 7.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 8.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) ask possible users (c) just guess (d) copy another app
- 9.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
- 10.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a medicine reminder (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
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11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 21 votes
missing the bus: 25 votes -
12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
no quiet study place: 25 votes
losing water bottles: 15 votes - 13.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
wasting pocket money: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 6 votes
no quiet study place: 21 votes - 15.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a homework planner (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
- 16.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) a library due-date alert
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17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
losing water bottles: 8 votes
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
wasting pocket money: 19 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money - 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
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19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 5 votes
losing water bottles: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 7 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place -
20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
losing water bottles: 23 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes
forgetting homework: 16 votes - 21.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the most common need (d) the newest trend
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22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes - 23.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a medicine reminder
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25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
no quiet study place: 4 votes
missing the bus: 8 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place -
26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
missing the bus: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes - 27.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a patient misses doses? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a medicine reminder
- 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
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29.📊 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: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 10 votes -
30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
forgetting birthdays: 10 votes
losing water bottles: 12 votes
forgetting homework: 8 votes - 31.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a cool logo (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a long name
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32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 15 votes
forgetting homework: 18 votes
wasting pocket money: 8 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays - 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
- 34.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 6 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 4 votes - 36.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a bill splitter
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes
wasting pocket money: 20 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles - 38.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 19 votes
forgetting birthdays: 16 votes - 40.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
Answer key
- no quiet study place
- 8
- 48
- 56
- hard to use
- Yes
- True
- ask possible users
- a homework planner
- a medicine reminder
- 70
- 43
- False
- 1
- a lost-and-found board
- a library due-date alert
- wasting pocket money
- a homework planner
- losing water bottles
- 1
- the most common need
- 16
- False
- a medicine reminder
- missing the bus
- 21
- a medicine reminder
- a button with no action
- 10
- 2
- a problem to solve
- forgetting homework
- a bill splitter
- No
- 34
- a lost-and-found board
- wasting pocket money
- True
- 58
- Yes
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