App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 707 · 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 more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “no quiet study place”?
   no quiet study place: 11 votes
   losing water bottles: 18 votes
   wasting pocket money: 4 votes
2. 2.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) just guess (b) copy another app (c) pick a colour (d) ask possible users
3. 3.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) hard to use (b) very small (c) easy to build (d) finished fast
4. 4.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
5. 5.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Use blue buttons” (b) “Kids forget homework” (c) “Add a logo” (d) “Make it fast”
8. 8.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) many colours (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) a long name
9. 9.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
   no quiet study place: 6 votes
   missing the bus: 5 votes
   forgetting homework: 8 votes
10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “no quiet study place”?
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    wasting pocket money: 22 votes
11. 11.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 10 votes
    no quiet study place: 7 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    wasting pocket money: 25 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 17 votes (a) wasting pocket money (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
14. 14.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: projects pile up at once? (a) a study-room finder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a homework planner
15. 15.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the rarest need (b) the most common need (c) the newest trend (d) a random need
16. 16.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 13 votes
    missing the bus: 16 votes
17. 17.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a blank grey screen (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a page of random dots
18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
19. 19.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
20. 20.True or false: a bill splitter solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 17 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes (a) forgetting birthdays (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
22. 22.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 14 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    losing water bottles: 22 votes
23. 23.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 9 votes
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 21 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) missing the bus
24. 24.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: a team shares one snack bill? (a) a study-room finder (b) a lost-and-found board (c) a homework planner (d) a bill splitter
25. 25.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    wasting pocket money: 8 votes
26. 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 blank grey screen (d) a medicine reminder
27. 27.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a bill splitter (c) a lost-and-found board (d) a blank grey screen
28. 28.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    missing the bus: 15 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
29. 29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “no quiet study place”?
    forgetting homework: 13 votes
    no quiet study place: 10 votes
    missing the bus: 11 votes
30. 30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 7 votes (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
31. 31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    forgetting homework: 4 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 20 votes
32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “losing water bottles”?
    forgetting homework: 25 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
    no quiet study place: 6 votes
33. 33.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) an app that just says hi (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting birthdays: 5 votes
    missing the bus: 25 votes
    wasting pocket money: 4 votes
35. 35.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 5 votes
    forgetting homework: 12 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
37. 37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 19 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting homework (c) losing water bottles
38. 38.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a bill splitter (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
39. 39.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: the library is always full? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a study-room finder
40. 40.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 library due-date alert

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