Device and method for providing relevant applications

A device to identify a relevant application corresponding to a target application, the device comprising:

• a display unit to display a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
• an input unit to receive a selection of an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of icons;
• and
• a control unit to determine a category of the target application, and to identify a relevant application based on the determined category of the target application.

A method for identifying a relevant application corresponding to a target application, the method comprising:

• displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to applications;
• selecting an icon corresponding to a target application from among the plurality of displayed icons;
• extracting application properties information corresponding to the applications from a database;
• categorizing applications based on the extracted application properties information;
• determining order of relevance for the categorized applications;
• and
• providing a relevant application based on at least one of a categorization and relevance of the target application.