A method for synchronously starting an application based on fingerprint recognition, wherein the method is applied to a device for synchronously starting the application based on fingerprint recognition, and the device includes a display unit and sensing units, wherein the display unit is provided with a fingerprint recognition region, the sensing units are located below the fingerprint recognition region for acquiring fingerprint information on the fingerprint recognition region, the fingerprint recognition region includes at least one application icon, and each application icon corresponds to one application, the method includes the following steps: presetting a correspondence between the application icon and the fingerprint information; receiving an operating instruction of the user for the application icon in the fingerprint recognition region, and acquiring the fingerprint information of a current user; judging whether the acquired fingerprint information is successfully matched with the preset fingerprint information corresponding to the application icon; and if yes, starting the application corresponding to the application icon, otherwise not starting the application corresponding to the application icon; characterized in that the fingerprint recognition region includes a plurality of fingerprint recognition sub-regions, one of the sensing units is correspondingly arranged below each of the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, and the device further includes a sensing unit control circuit, the method further includes: receiving a starting instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning on the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit; receiving a turn-off instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning off the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit. presetting a correspondence between the application icon and the fingerprint information; receiving an operating instruction of the user for the application icon in the fingerprint recognition region, and acquiring the fingerprint information of a current user; judging whether the acquired fingerprint information is successfully matched with the preset fingerprint information corresponding to the application icon; and if yes, starting the application corresponding to the application icon, otherwise not starting the application corresponding to the application icon; characterized in that the fingerprint recognition region includes a plurality of fingerprint recognition sub-regions, one of the sensing units is correspondingly arranged below each of the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, and the device further includes a sensing unit control circuit, the method further includes: receiving a starting instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning on the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit; receiving a turn-off instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning off the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit. receiving a starting instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning on the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit; receiving a turn-off instruction of the user for the fingerprint recognition sub-regions, turning off the sensing units below the fingerprint recognition sub-regions by the sensing unit control circuit.