The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of intelligent terminals and particularly relates to a relevance application starting method and device based on fingerprint recognition. The embodiment of the invention discloses the relevance application starting method and device based on fingerprint recognition, which comprise the following steps: receiving a touch control operation for a fingerprint recognition module; acquiring input skin texture information; matching the skin texture information with pre-stored fingerprint information; when the skin texture information is successfully matched with the pre-stored fingerprint information, starting application related to the touch control operation according to the touch control operation. With adoption of the manner, according to the relevance application starting method and device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, when the intelligent terminals are locked, the related application can be quickly started, so that processes of unlocking and application starting are simplified, and user experience is promoted.