The invention is suitable for intelligent equipment, and provides a playtime management method and user equipment. The management method comprises the following steps of: obtaining a playtime of a first user by first user equipment, and sending a first message to second user equipment when the playtime is greater than or equal to playtime threshold value; after the second user equipment receives the first message, updating the playtime threshold value according to an input operation according to a user and/or setting a user authority of the first user by the second user equipment, and sending a second message to the first user equipment, wherein the second message comprises updating information of the playtime threshold value and/or the user authority of the first user; and after the first user equipment receives the second message, updating the playtime threshold value according to the updating information by the first user equipment, and forbidding an application program according to the user authority. The playtime management method and the user equipment can solve the problem that the playtimes of the students cannot be effectively managed in the prior art.