An application interaction method, comprising: receiving application invitation information sent by a target application running in a first terminal, wherein the application invitation information carries application interaction information of the target application; detecting, according to the application interaction information, whether a currently triggered interactive application and the target application are a same application; and if the interactive application and the target application are different applications, sending a notification message to an interaction application, corresponding to the application interaction information, in a preset storage area according to the application invitation information, so that the interaction application establishes a session connection to the target application according to the notification message, wherein the application interaction information comprises an application type of the target application; and the detecting, according to the application interaction information, whether a currently triggered interactive application and the target application are a same application comprises: determining, according to the application interaction information, that the application type of the target application is a one-screen application; and if an application type of the interactive application is a non-one-screen application, determining that the interactive application and the target application are different applications. receiving application invitation information sent by a target application running in a first terminal, wherein the application invitation information carries application interaction information of the target application; detecting, according to the application interaction information, whether a currently triggered interactive application and the target application are a same application; and if the interactive application and the target application are different applications, sending a notification message to an interaction application, corresponding to the application interaction information, in a preset storage area according to the application invitation information, so that the interaction application establishes a session connection to the target application according to the notification message, wherein the application interaction information comprises an application type of the target application; and the detecting, according to the application interaction information, whether a currently triggered interactive application and the target application are a same application comprises: determining, according to the application interaction information, that the application type of the target application is a one-screen application; and if an application type of the interactive application is a non-one-screen application, determining that the interactive application and the target application are different applications. determining, according to the application interaction information, that the application type of the target application is a one-screen application; and if an application type of the interactive application is a non-one-screen application, determining that the interactive application and the target application are different applications.