The present invention includes a mobile terminal and controlling method including a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal, a display unit, and a controller, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit, configured to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indictor indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit.