Embodiments of the present invention disclose an application interaction method and apparatus, and a terminal. The application interaction method includes: receiving application invitation information sent by a target application running in a first terminal, where the application invitation information carries application interaction information of the target application; detecting, according to the application interaction information, whether a currently triggered interactive application and the target application are a same application. If the interactive application and the target application are different applications, sending a notification message to an interaction application, corresponding to the application interaction information, in a preset storage area according to the application invitation information, so that the interaction application establishes a session connection to the target application according to the notification message. By means of the embodiments of the present invention, operations are easy, and application interaction processing efficiency can be improved.