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App Dev Worksheet: Good App Ideas

App development lesson 5: Good app ideas solve a problem · Set 85 · 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: 6 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) missing the bus (c) no quiet study place
  2. 2.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a medicine reminder (c) a free study-room finder (d) a page of random dots
  3. 3.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: nobody knows whose bag it is? (a) a bill splitter (b) a medicine reminder (c) a study-room finder (d) a lost-and-found board
  4. 4.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 18 votes
    losing water bottles: 16 votes
  6. 6.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: friends argue over who pays? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a homework planner (d) a study-room finder
  7. 7.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
  8. 8.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 21 votes
    missing the bus: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 6 votes
  11. 11.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    missing the bus: 12 votes
    forgetting homework: 22 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    (a) missing the bus (b) losing water bottles (c) forgetting homework
  12. 12.Which of these app ideas solves no real problem? (a) a library due-date alert (b) a medicine reminder (c) a free study-room finder (d) an app that just says hi
  13. 13.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “wasting pocket money” get than “forgetting homework”?
    wasting pocket money: 7 votes
    forgetting homework: 3 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 18 votes
  14. 14.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: bottles go missing at school? (a) a lost-and-found board (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a homework planner
  15. 15.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “missing the bus”?
    forgetting birthdays: 23 votes
    no quiet study place: 24 votes
    missing the bus: 18 votes
  16. 16.💡 How can you check that people really have the problem? (a) pick a colour (b) ask possible users (c) just guess (d) copy another app
  17. 17.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 17 votes
    no quiet study place: 22 votes
    wasting pocket money: 6 votes
    (a) wasting pocket money (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
  18. 18.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 7 votes
    no quiet study place: 16 votes
    losing water bottles: 6 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) forgetting birthdays (c) losing water bottles
  19. 19.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “missing the bus”?
    missing the bus: 6 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 22 votes
    no quiet study place: 13 votes
  20. 20.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    no quiet study place: 4 votes
    missing the bus: 10 votes
    losing water bottles: 20 votes
    (a) no quiet study place (b) missing the bus (c) losing water bottles
  21. 21.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  22. 22.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 An app that tries to do everything at once is usually ___. (a) easy to build (b) finished fast (c) hard to use (d) very small
  24. 24.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.💡 Which app idea solves this problem: pupils forget due dates? (a) a homework planner (b) a bill splitter (c) a medicine reminder (d) a study-room finder
  26. 26.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting birthdays: 20 votes
    forgetting homework: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 5 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place
  27. 27.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a cool logo
  29. 29.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 21 votes
    losing water bottles: 3 votes
    wasting pocket money: 19 votes
    (a) losing water bottles (b) forgetting homework (c) wasting pocket money
  33. 33.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 20 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 14 votes
    no quiet study place: 3 votes
    (a) forgetting birthdays (b) forgetting homework (c) no quiet study place
  34. 34.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “forgetting birthdays” get than “wasting pocket money”?
    forgetting homework: 14 votes
    wasting pocket money: 9 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 13 votes
  35. 35.Which of these app ideas solves a real problem? (a) a blank grey screen (b) a button with no action (c) an app that just says hi (d) a lost-and-found board
  36. 36.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many more votes did “losing water bottles” get than “forgetting homework”?
    forgetting homework: 7 votes
    losing water bottles: 10 votes
    wasting pocket money: 23 votes
  37. 37.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
  38. 38.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
  39. 39.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? Which problem should your app solve first?
    forgetting homework: 11 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 8 votes
    no quiet study place: 17 votes
    (a) forgetting homework (b) forgetting birthdays (c) no quiet study place
  40. 40.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
    wasting pocket money: 18 votes
    forgetting birthdays: 16 votes
    forgetting homework: 19 votes

Answer key

  1. forgetting homework
  2. a page of random dots
  3. a lost-and-found board
  4. True
  5. 8
  6. a bill splitter
  7. Yes
  8. True
  9. False
  10. 34
  11. forgetting homework
  12. an app that just says hi
  13. 4
  14. a lost-and-found board
  15. 5
  16. ask possible users
  17. no quiet study place
  18. no quiet study place
  19. 16
  20. losing water bottles
  21. Yes
  22. False
  23. hard to use
  24. False
  25. a homework planner
  26. forgetting birthdays
  27. True
  28. a problem to solve
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. forgetting homework
  33. forgetting homework
  34. 4
  35. a lost-and-found board
  36. 3
  37. “Kids forget homework”
  38. Yes
  39. no quiet study place
  40. 53

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