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A smartphone app that has a supernatural function that can affect on the world compared to mundane apps. It's usually found in Urban Fantasy where it is a major part of the plot or just another aspect of the setting.
Not to be confused with any sort of [[Serial Killer|killers]] but more so dealing with the term, killer app and the slang word 'killer'.
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** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei IV]]'' and Apocalypse has the people of Tokyo use smartphones with the Demon Summoning Program loaded on it. It was released before the Ceiling in Tokyo went up through the internet, but no one knew why it was created and distributed. A phone equipped with the program is usually awarded to people who become an official Hunter.
** The Metaverse Navigator or MetaNav from ''[[Persona 5]]'' is an app given to him by Igor that allows the protagonist to go to the [[Mental World|Metaverse]]. It can also be used by others that the protagonist allies. To use the application, one would need a keyword(s) to enter the Metaverse.
* ''[[Tokyo Afterschool Summoners]]'' has the app called SUMMONS, which gives a user that power of Summoning. Summoning is the act of an entity being brought to a world from another through a pact. It can also grant an item called a Sacred Artifact that have a unique power called a Rule. The App can also be used for communication, track other users, and make a guild with other app users. There are also App Battle where users fight each other in a Battle Zone. These Battle Zones allow for the use of Sacred Artifact's Rule. Once the Battle Zone is terminated through forfeits, loss, or turning off the app, any damages made from the battle within the area are undone.
== [[Visual Novel]]s ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[DICE: The Cube That Changes Everything]]'', Dicers gain an app that allows them to allocate their Dice Points and get notifications on quests where they can get more Dice. There is also a store that can be Dice Point to buy items like potions, temporary stat boosts, or even items that can affect an area.
* Emily (or Emile in other translations) from ''[[Tower of God]]'' is an intelligent chatting bot that was made by the Acorn Workshop. {{Spoiler|In reality, Emily is what's left of an experiment, and the ultimate goal is to use her for controlling people. It has the capacity to learn information by chatting or by analyzing structures surrounding the user and can display a map of the area. It can also manipulate people to go onto different paths and create artificial ones that can connect to a natural one which creates a new path. It can also use shinsoo to track an individual movement once they contact her.}}
* The Great Labyrinth Era from ''[[The Gamer]]'' is an app that acts like an average mobile game but when a person falls asleep, they are transported spiritually to the actual labyrinth. In the location, they are in a dungeon-like area where they can increase their level, stats, and gain items by defeating the monsters inside.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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