i would need to have a really strong justification for including the word "mini" in addition to "app" in the newly dubbed "mini apps"

such a justification may well exist, though i'm not sure what it is

needs to be enough to justify what in my mind are the negative impacts of doubling the number of words and characters in the term (apps → mini apps) and introducing imperfect consensus around spelling variations (mini apps, mini-apps, miniapps)

The term "mini apps" emphasizes their compact, self-contained nature within a broader platform, justifying the added descriptor