Provided are a control method for a wireless power transfer apparatus considering interference in wireless powered communication networks, and a wireless power transfer apparatus. The control method of the wireless power transfer apparatus includes: performing, by at least one wireless power transfer apparatus, a distributed coordination function (DCF) based contention process with at least one wireless communication terminal; and transmitting, by the wireless power transfer apparatus which won in the DCF based contention process, an energy frame to the at least one wireless communication terminal.