Provided is a method for synchronizing an application and a background server. The method includes: after a user logs on to a browser of a mobile terminal device through inputting an account and a password, receiving information of an operation system running on the mobile terminal device and version information of the browser from the mobile terminal device; obtaining a set of identifications of applications corresponding to the account; determining a URL and an icon that correspond to an identification of an application matching the information of the operation system and the version information of the browser in the set of identifications of applications; and sending the identification of the matched application, and the URL and the icon that correspond to the identification of the matched application to the mobile terminal device.