Application installation source distinguishing method, electronic device and computer storage medium

The embodiment of the invention discloses an application installation source distinguishing method, an electronic device and a computer storage medium, which are used for distinguishing the situationof the installation source of a reading application. Wherein the method includes obtaining a device identifier of an electronic device on which the reading application is installed in response to a start request of the reading application; verifying the equipment identifier according to the preset verification rules, and distinguishing the installation source of the reading application according to the verification result, wherein, the verification rules define the verification methods of different installation sources. The embodiment of the invention solves the problem that effective distinguishing of the installation source of the reading application is lacked in the prior art, realizes accurate distinguishing of the installation source of the reading application, further identifies theuser source, and provides