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.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 12 votes
forgetting homework: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes - 3.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 4.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the most common need (c) a random need (d) the newest trend
- 5.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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6.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes
losing water bottles: 5 votes - 7.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
- 8.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 9.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a page of random dots (d) a medicine reminder
- 11.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a cool logo
- 12.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
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13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “no quiet study place” get than “forgetting homework”?
losing water bottles: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 4 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes - 14.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a page of random dots (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
- 15.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 lost-and-found board
- 16.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
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17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
no quiet study place: 20 votes
missing the bus: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 24 votes (a) missing the bus (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money -
18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “wasting pocket money”?
forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
wasting pocket money: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 17 votes -
19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 8 votes
no quiet study place: 17 votes
missing the bus: 7 votes -
20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
missing the bus: 10 votes
no quiet study place: 7 votes
forgetting homework: 24 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus - 21.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a page of random dots (b) a blank grey screen (c) an app that just says hi (d) a library due-date alert
- 22.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
- 23.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
- 25.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Add a logo” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Make it fast”
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26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
losing water bottles: 7 votes
forgetting homework: 14 votes - 27.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) copy another app (c) pick a colour (d) just guess
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28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
missing the bus: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 20 votes - 29.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 30.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) very small
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31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
missing the bus: 7 votes
wasting pocket money: 19 votes -
32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 15 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money -
33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 9 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes
forgetting homework: 24 votes -
34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
missing the bus: 21 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting birthdays (c) missing the bus -
35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 5 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) wasting pocket money (c) forgetting homework - 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 37.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 38.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a bill splitter (b) a study-room finder (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a medicine reminder
- 39.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a page of random dots (c) a free study-room finder (d) a button with no action
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40.📊 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: 23 votes
missing the bus: 24 votes
Answer key
- Yes
- 32
- False
- the most common need
- No
- 37
- a study-room finder
- Yes
- False
- a page of random dots
- a problem to solve
- False
- 11
- a medicine reminder
- a lost-and-found board
- a blank grey screen
- wasting pocket money
- 11
- 32
- forgetting homework
- a library due-date alert
- a lost-and-found board
- False
- a homework planner
- “Kids forget homework”
- 27
- ask possible users
- 37
- True
- hard to use
- 31
- wasting pocket money
- 38
- wasting pocket money
- no quiet study place
- No
- True
- a lost-and-found board
- a free study-room finder
- 17
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