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? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 4 votes
losing water bottles: 9 votes
wasting pocket money: 17 votes -
2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 11 votes - 3.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) very small (d) hard to use
- 4.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) a free study-room finder (d) a library due-date alert
- 5.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 21 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes
losing water bottles: 3 votes - 7.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) an app that just says hi
- 8.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a free study-room finder (c) an app that just says hi (d) a medicine reminder
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9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 23 votes - 10.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
- 11.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 12.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a problem to solve (b) many colours (c) a long name (d) a cool logo
- 13.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
- 14.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a study-room finder (d) a homework planner
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15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 8 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes
missing the bus: 6 votes -
16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 20 votes
no quiet study place: 19 votes
missing the bus: 9 votes -
17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 7 votes - 18.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
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19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting homework: 23 votes
losing water bottles: 17 votes
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes - 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 11 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
wasting pocket money: 22 votes - 23.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) a random need (c) the newest trend (d) the most common need
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24.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
forgetting homework: 20 votes
losing water bottles: 8 votes - 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a blank grey screen
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27.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 19 votes
losing water bottles: 11 votes
missing the bus: 5 votes - 28.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 29.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 10 votes
forgetting birthdays: 11 votes
forgetting homework: 22 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) forgetting birthdays -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes
losing water bottles: 11 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus - 32.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 11 votes
losing water bottles: 15 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) no quiet study place -
34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “losing water bottles”?
no quiet study place: 9 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes
forgetting birthdays: 24 votes - 35.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
missing the bus: 9 votes
forgetting homework: 16 votes
losing water bottles: 23 votes -
38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
losing water bottles: 20 votes
no quiet study place: 21 votes -
39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 17 votes
forgetting homework: 8 votes
missing the bus: 23 votes -
40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 10 votes
forgetting homework: 7 votes
no quiet study place: 23 votes
Answer key
- 30
- 20
- hard to use
- a button with no action
- False
- 41
- a library due-date alert
- an app that just says hi
- 66
- a lost-and-found board
- False
- a problem to solve
- a page of random dots
- a homework planner
- 34
- 48
- 46
- a blank grey screen
- 6
- True
- False
- 39
- the most common need
- 16
- False
- a medicine reminder
- 35
- No
- False
- forgetting homework
- missing the bus
- No
- missing the bus
- 2
- True
- True
- 7
- 59
- 48
- 13
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