A control method of an electronic device provides an application using an external electronic device. The method may include acquiring, by an electronic device including a display, a request to run an application, the acquiring including identifying execution information on the application; comparing the execution information with first device information corresponding to the electronic device and second device information corresponding to the external electronic device comprising another display. An execution screen of the application is provided through the display when the execution information corresponds to the first device information. The execution screen of the application or meta information corresponding to the execution screen to the external electronic device for output, so that the execution screen is provided through the other display when the execution information corresponds to the second device information.