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?
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.💡 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.💡 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.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 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.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
- 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.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.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.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 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.💡 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
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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.📊 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.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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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.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 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.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
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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.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Use blue buttons” (d) “Make it fast”
- 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
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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.📊 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.📊 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.📊 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.📊 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.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 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.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 31.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 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.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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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.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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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.📊 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.📊 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.📊 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.📊 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
- losing water bottles
- ask possible users
- the most common need
- Yes
- hard to use
- a problem to solve
- a medicine reminder
- an app that just says hi
- a button with no action
- Yes
- a blank grey screen
- a study-room finder
- 57
- 45
- True
- 3
- True
- a study-room finder
- a free study-room finder
- 3
- “Kids forget homework”
- a homework planner
- missing the bus
- 44
- missing the bus
- 2
- missing the bus
- Yes
- a library due-date alert
- True
- Yes
- a bill splitter
- False
- wasting pocket money
- True
- 15
- 25
- 21
- forgetting birthdays
- 36
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