Application management apparatus and method for mobile terminal for supporting different type guest operating system

The application management device and method for a portable terminal that supports guest operating systems (Operating System, OS) of the heterologous is disclosed. Application management apparatus according to an embodiment is an application management apparatus for a portable terminal operating in a virtual machine created on the host OS and the host OS dl and support different kinds of OS, the guest OS different from the host OS. The application management device includes a guest application management module to download, install, and execute a guest application operable on the host application operable to download, install, and a host management application and the guest OS to run on the host OS. Then, when receiving the download, installation, or execution request for the application from the user, and in the determining that the requested application, the host application that the guest application, a determination result according any one of the host application management module and a guest application management module performs the requested .