This application provides a screen display method. The method includes: detecting a first touch operation of a user on a first screen of an application; displaying a second screen at a screen refresh rate equal to a frame rate of the application in response to the first touch operation, and determining whether the second screen is a target screen; when the second screen is the target screen, determining whether a second touch operation of the user on the second screen is detected; when the second touch operation is detected, determining whether a touch area corresponding to the second touch operation is a target area; when the touch area corresponding to the second touch operation is the target area, determining a target screen refresh rate based on the frame rate of the application; and displaying the second screen at the target screen refresh rate in response to the second touch operation.