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.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a free study-room finder (c) a library due-date alert (d) a page of random dots
- 2.💡 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 bill splitter (d) a medicine reminder
- 3.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 free study-room finder
- 4.💡 Does an app idea like a medicine reminder solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 21 votes
missing the bus: 5 votes - 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a lost-and-found board
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7.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting homework: 23 votes
forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
no quiet study place: 15 votes (a) forgetting homework (b) no quiet study place (c) forgetting birthdays - 8.True or false: a free study-room finder solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a medicine reminder solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 10.💡 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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11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
no quiet study place: 22 votes
losing water bottles: 9 votes - 12.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a page of random dots (c) a blank grey screen (d) an app that just says hi
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13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “forgetting birthdays”?
missing the bus: 23 votes
forgetting homework: 9 votes
forgetting birthdays: 8 votes -
14.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “missing the bus” get than “wasting pocket money”?
wasting pocket money: 10 votes
forgetting homework: 6 votes
missing the bus: 11 votes - 15.💡 After a survey, which need should version 1 solve? (a) the most common need (b) the rarest need (c) a random need (d) the newest trend
- 16.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a cool logo (c) a problem to solve (d) many colours
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17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting homework: 3 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes
no quiet study place: 20 votes -
18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “losing water bottles”?
forgetting birthdays: 24 votes
losing water bottles: 10 votes
wasting pocket money: 12 votes -
19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
losing water bottles: 6 votes
forgetting birthdays: 25 votes
wasting pocket money: 23 votes - 20.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 22.💡 Does an app idea like a page of random dots solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 23.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) very small (b) finished fast (c) easy to build (d) hard to use
- 24.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a button with no action (b) a library due-date alert (c) a blank grey screen (d) a page of random dots
- 25.True or false: an app that just says hi solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a bill splitter (b) a free study-room finder (c) a medicine reminder (d) an app that just says hi
- 27.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a medicine reminder (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a page of random dots
- 28.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a free study-room finder (b) a button with no action (c) a medicine reminder (d) a library due-date alert
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29.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
no quiet study place: 11 votes
forgetting homework: 10 votes
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes -
30.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 3 votes
wasting pocket money: 4 votes
forgetting homework: 23 votes -
31.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
wasting pocket money: 22 votes
forgetting homework: 4 votes
no quiet study place: 12 votes - 32.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) just guess (c) ask possible users (d) copy another app
- 33.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a study-room finder (b) a homework planner (c) a bill splitter (d) a lost-and-found board
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34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting homework” get than “wasting pocket money”?
missing the bus: 12 votes
forgetting homework: 24 votes
wasting pocket money: 18 votes -
35.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
missing the bus: 12 votes
forgetting birthdays: 19 votes
losing water bottles: 24 votes - 36.💡 Does an app idea like an app that just says hi solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
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37.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
wasting pocket money: 4 votes
missing the bus: 13 votes (a) missing the bus (b) forgetting birthdays (c) wasting pocket money -
38.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
forgetting homework: 6 votes
forgetting birthdays: 21 votes
wasting pocket money: 15 votes -
39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
forgetting birthdays: 6 votes
forgetting homework: 5 votes
losing water bottles: 25 votes -
40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
missing the bus: 7 votes
losing water bottles: 16 votes
no quiet study place: 3 votes
Answer key
- a page of random dots
- a bill splitter
- a blank grey screen
- Yes
- 49
- a lost-and-found board
- forgetting birthdays
- True
- False
- “Kids forget homework”
- 52
- a bill splitter
- 1
- 1
- the most common need
- a problem to solve
- 48
- 14
- 54
- False
- False
- No
- hard to use
- a library due-date alert
- True
- an app that just says hi
- a medicine reminder
- a button with no action
- 27
- 1
- 18
- ask possible users
- a homework planner
- 6
- 55
- No
- forgetting birthdays
- 6
- 36
- 9
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