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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 550 · 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? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
    losing water bottles: 23 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
  2. 2.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) copy another app (c) pick a colour (d) ask possible users
  3. 3.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) a random need (c) the rarest need (d) the newest trend
  4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  5. 5.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) very small (c) finished fast (d) hard to use
  6. 6.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
  7. 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a bill splitter (b) a homework planner (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  8. 8.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a bill splitter (c) a free study-room finder (d) an app that just says hi
  9. 9.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a free study-room finder (c) a button with no action (d) a library due-date alert
  10. 10.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  11. 11.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
  12. 12.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a bill splitter (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
  14. 14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
  15. 15.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
  17. 17.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
  19. 19.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a page of random dots (c) a free study-room finder (d) an app that just says hi
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
    losing water bottles: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 14 votes
  21. 21.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Use blue buttons” (d) “Make it fast”
  22. 22.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
  23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
  24. 24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 23 votes
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
  25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 5 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) missing the bus
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
    missing the bus: 12 votes
  27. 27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus
  28. 28.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  29. 29.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
  30. 30.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  32. 32.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
  33. 33.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 15 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    no quiet study place: 8 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  35. 35.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
    missing the bus: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
  37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 10 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 12 votes
  38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes

Answer key

  1. losing water bottles
  2. ask possible users
  3. the most common need
  4. Yes
  5. hard to use
  6. a problem to solve
  7. a medicine reminder
  8. an app that just says hi
  9. a button with no action
  10. Yes
  11. a blank grey screen
  12. a study-room finder
  13. 57
  14. 45
  15. True
  16. 3
  17. True
  18. a study-room finder
  19. a free study-room finder
  20. 3
  21. “Kids forget homework”
  22. a homework planner
  23. missing the bus
  24. 44
  25. missing the bus
  26. 2
  27. missing the bus
  28. Yes
  29. a library due-date alert
  30. True
  31. Yes
  32. a bill splitter
  33. False
  34. wasting pocket money
  35. True
  36. 15
  37. 25
  38. 21
  39. forgetting birthdays
  40. 36

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