The present invention relates to an application reminding method and device. The method comprises a step of obtaining the geographic position information of a mobile terminal application account current logon place reported by a WIFI base station and/or GPS, a step of obtaining the permanent land information of a mobile terminal application account, a step of comparing the geographic position information of the mobile terminal application account current logon place and the permanent land information, and a step of pushing remote voice reminding information to the mobile terminal application account when the geographic position information of the mobile terminal application account current logon place and the permanent land information are different. According to the invention, the accuracy of positioning can be ensured, the coverage of a large range of the application user of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone can be ensured, thus remote voice reminding service and other applications can be operated effectively, the utilization rate of QQ talk and other applications is raised, and convenience is provided to the user at the same time.