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.📊 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.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.💡 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.True or false: a lost-and-found board solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
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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.💡 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.💡 Does an app idea like a free study-room finder solve a real problem? (a) No (b) Yes
- 8.True or false: a library due-date alert solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: a bill splitter solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
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10.📊 Survey: which problem bugs you most? How many students voted in all?
wasting pocket money: 21 votes
missing the bus: 7 votes
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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.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
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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.💡 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
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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.💡 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
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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.📊 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.📊 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.📊 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.💡 Does an app idea like a library due-date alert solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
- 22.True or false: a library due-date alert solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 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.True or false: a blank grey screen solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 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
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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.True or false: a medicine reminder solves a real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 28.💡 A good app idea starts with ___. (a) a long name (b) a problem to solve (c) many colours (d) a cool logo
- 29.True or false: a free study-room finder solves no real problem. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: a page of random dots solves no real problem. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: an app that just says hi solves a real problem. (a) False (b) True
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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.📊 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.📊 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.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
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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.💡 Which is a problem statement? (a) “Add a logo” (b) “Make it fast” (c) “Kids forget homework” (d) “Use blue buttons”
- 38.💡 Does an app idea like a lost-and-found board solve a real problem? (a) Yes (b) No
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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.📊 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
- forgetting homework
- a page of random dots
- a lost-and-found board
- True
- 8
- a bill splitter
- Yes
- True
- False
- 34
- forgetting homework
- an app that just says hi
- 4
- a lost-and-found board
- 5
- ask possible users
- no quiet study place
- no quiet study place
- 16
- losing water bottles
- Yes
- False
- hard to use
- False
- a homework planner
- forgetting birthdays
- True
- a problem to solve
- False
- True
- False
- forgetting homework
- forgetting homework
- 4
- a lost-and-found board
- 3
- “Kids forget homework”
- Yes
- no quiet study place
- 53
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