The invention provides an installation management method, a server and a terminal for an application program. The installation management method includes: receiving installation request sent by the terminal when a user installs the application program on the terminal, acquiring user identification of the user and application program identification of the application program, judging whether the relationship between the user identification and the application program identification meets a first predetermined condition and acquiring a first judgment result, acquiring installation history recorded information of the application program when the first judgment result indicates that the relationship between the user identification and the application program identification meets the first predetermined condition, judging whether the installation history recorded information meets a second predetermined condition and acquiring a second judgment result, sending feedback information which is used for indicating that the terminal is allowed to be installed with the application program when the second judgment result indicates that the installation history recorded information meets the second predetermined condition so as to enable the terminal to be installed with the application program according to the feedback information. By means of the installation management method, the server and the terminal for the application program, an anti-piracy mechanism can be effectively prevented from being broken, thereby having high reliability.