Translation guide
A highly desirable or essential software application that drives adoption of a platform or technology.
Referring to a software application so compelling that people buy the hardware or platform just to use it.
The most common and direct equivalent, a loanword from English. Used in tech and business contexts.
This game became the killer application for that console.
A more descriptive Japanese phrase meaning 'the decisive app'. Less common but understandable.
The full loanword form, slightly more formal or technical than キラーアプリ.
Spreadsheet software was the killer application for personal computers.
This feature makes it a killer app.