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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 660 · 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?
    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. 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. 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. 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. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  6. 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. 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. 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
  9. 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. 10.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  11. 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. 12.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  13. 13.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  14. 14.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a button with no action solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  16. 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. 17.True or false: a page of random dots solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  18. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 23.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Make it fast”
  24. 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. 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. 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
  27. 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. 28.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  29. 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. 30.💡 Does an app idea like a blank grey screen solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  31. 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
  32. 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. 33.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  35. 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
  36. 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. 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
  38. 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. 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. 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

  1. missing the bus
  2. 1
  3. a medicine reminder
  4. hard to use
  5. Yes
  6. 27
  7. 11
  8. a medicine reminder
  9. 1
  10. Yes
  11. a page of random dots
  12. Yes
  13. No
  14. False
  15. True
  16. the most common need
  17. False
  18. no quiet study place
  19. 7
  20. a lost-and-found board
  21. a blank grey screen
  22. a medicine reminder
  23. “Kids forget homework”
  24. forgetting homework
  25. wasting pocket money
  26. a lost-and-found board
  27. 2
  28. True
  29. losing water bottles
  30. No
  31. a free study-room finder
  32. forgetting homework
  33. False
  34. Yes
  35. a lost-and-found board
  36. 23
  37. ask possible users
  38. 11
  39. 7
  40. 39

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