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