A disclosed program determining apparatus includes a log recording unit configured to record, in response to at least one of a use request for use of a predetermined function of the image forming apparatus from a program for use in the image forming apparatus and consumption of a predetermined resource of the image forming apparatus by the program, content of said at least one of use request and consumption as log information; and a determining unit configured to determine whether said at least one of use of the predetermined function requested by the program and consumption of the predetermined resource by the program satisfies a predetermined restriction.