App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 700 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
   wasting pocket money: 23 votes
   losing water bottles: 5 votes
2. 2.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “losing water bottles”?
   missing the bus: 23 votes
   forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
   losing water bottles: 10 votes
3. 3.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) easy to build
4. 4.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a page of random dots (d) a free study-room finder
5. 5.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
6. 6.💡 Does an app idea like a bill splitter solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
7. 7.True or false: a button with no action solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.💡 Does an app idea like a button with no action solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
   forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
   no quiet study place: 7 votes
   losing water bottles: 10 votes (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place
10. 10.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) ask possible users (b) just guess (c) pick a colour (d) copy another app
11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
    forgetting birthdays: 9 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
12. 12.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
13. 13.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes
    missing the bus: 19 votes
17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 24 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
18. 18.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Add a logo”
19. 19.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: students cannot find a quiet room? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 3 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) forgetting birthdays
21. 21.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
23. 23.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a medicine reminder (d) a page of random dots
24. 24.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 23 votes
26. 26.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a button with no action (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
27. 27.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the newest trend (c) a random need (d) the most common need
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) wasting pocket money (c) no quiet study place
29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 24 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 9 votes
    no quiet study place: 15 votes (a) no quiet study place (b) losing water bottles (c) wasting pocket money
31. 31.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: Grandpa forgets his tablets? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a study-room finder
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    no quiet study place: 19 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 9 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) no quiet study place (c) wasting pocket money
35. 35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 17 votes
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 12 votes
37. 37.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
38. 38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 19 votes
39. 39.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) an app that just says hi (b) a library due-date alert (c) a button with no action (d) a page of random dots

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