diff --git a/packages/core/src/queries/application.ts b/packages/core/src/queries/application.ts
index 8664eb184..d83b1401e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/queries/application.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/queries/application.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { Application, CreateApplication } from '@logto/schemas';
 import { ApplicationType, Applications } from '@logto/schemas';
 import type { OmitAutoSetFields } from '@logto/shared';
-import { convertToIdentifiers, conditionalSql } from '@logto/shared';
-import type { CommonQueryMethods } from 'slonik';
+import { convertToIdentifiers, conditionalSql, conditionalArraySql } from '@logto/shared';
+import type { CommonQueryMethods, SqlSqlToken } from 'slonik';
 import { sql } from 'slonik';
+import { snakeCase } from 'snake-case';
 
 import { buildFindAllEntitiesWithPool } from '#src/database/find-all-entities.js';
 import { buildFindEntityByIdWithPool } from '#src/database/find-entity-by-id.js';
@@ -22,15 +23,51 @@ const buildApplicationConditions = (search: Search) => {
     Applications.fields.id,
     Applications.fields.name,
     Applications.fields.description,
+    Applications.fields.type,
   ];
 
   return conditionalSql(
     hasSearch,
-    () => sql`and ${buildConditionsFromSearch(search, searchFields)}`
+    () =>
+      /**
+       * Avoid specifying the DB column type when calling the API (which is meaningless).
+       * Should specify the DB column type of enum type.
+       */
+      sql`${buildConditionsFromSearch(search, searchFields, {
+        [Applications.fields.type]: snakeCase('ApplicationType'),
+      })}`
+  );
+};
+
+const buildConditionArray = (conditions: SqlSqlToken[]) => {
+  const filteredConditions = conditions.filter((condition) => condition.sql !== '');
+  return conditionalArraySql(
+    filteredConditions,
+    (filteredConditions) => sql`where ${sql.join(filteredConditions, sql` and `)}`
   );
 };
 
 export const createApplicationQueries = (pool: CommonQueryMethods) => {
+  const countApplications = async (search: Search) => {
+    const { count } = await pool.one<{ count: string }>(sql`
+      select count(*)
+      from ${table}
+      ${buildConditionArray([buildApplicationConditions(search)])}
+    `);
+
+    return { count: Number(count) };
+  };
+
+  const findApplications = async (search: Search, limit?: number, offset?: number) =>
+    pool.any<Application>(sql`
+      select ${sql.join(Object.values(fields), sql`, `)}
+      from ${table}
+      ${buildConditionArray([buildApplicationConditions(search)])}
+      order by ${fields.createdAt} desc
+      ${conditionalSql(limit, (value) => sql`limit ${value}`)}
+      ${conditionalSql(offset, (value) => sql`offset ${value}`)}
+    `);
+
   const findTotalNumberOfApplications = async () => getTotalRowCountWithPool(pool)(table);
 
   const findAllApplications = buildFindAllEntitiesWithPool(pool)(Applications, [
@@ -78,9 +115,11 @@ export const createApplicationQueries = (pool: CommonQueryMethods) => {
     const { count } = await pool.one<{ count: string }>(sql`
       select count(*)
       from ${table}
-      where ${fields.type} = ${ApplicationType.MachineToMachine}
-      and ${fields.id} in (${sql.join(applicationIds, sql`, `)})
-      ${buildApplicationConditions(search)}
+      ${buildConditionArray([
+        sql`${fields.type} = ${ApplicationType.MachineToMachine}`,
+        sql`${fields.id} in (${sql.join(applicationIds, sql`, `)})`,
+        buildApplicationConditions(search),
+      ])}
     `);
 
     return { count: Number(count) };
@@ -99,9 +138,11 @@ export const createApplicationQueries = (pool: CommonQueryMethods) => {
     return pool.any<Application>(sql`
       select ${sql.join(Object.values(fields), sql`, `)}
       from ${table}
-      where ${fields.type} = ${ApplicationType.MachineToMachine}
-      and ${fields.id} in (${sql.join(applicationIds, sql`, `)})
-      ${buildApplicationConditions(search)}
+      ${buildConditionArray([
+        sql`${fields.type} = ${ApplicationType.MachineToMachine}`,
+        sql`${fields.id} in (${sql.join(applicationIds, sql`, `)})`,
+        buildApplicationConditions(search),
+      ])}
       limit ${limit}
       offset ${offset}
     `);
@@ -119,6 +160,8 @@ export const createApplicationQueries = (pool: CommonQueryMethods) => {
   };
 
   return {
+    countApplications,
+    findApplications,
     findTotalNumberOfApplications,
     findAllApplications,
     findApplicationById,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/routes/application.test.ts b/packages/core/src/routes/application.test.ts
index fbe7ccb23..40aa33030 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/routes/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/routes/application.test.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ const tenantContext = new MockTenant(
   undefined,
   {
     applications: {
-      findTotalNumberOfApplications: jest.fn(async () => ({ count: 10 })),
-      findAllApplications: jest.fn(async () => [mockApplication]),
+      countApplications: jest.fn(async () => ({ count: 10 })),
+      findApplications: jest.fn(async () => [mockApplication]),
       findApplicationById,
       deleteApplicationById,
       insertApplication: jest.fn(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/routes/application.ts b/packages/core/src/routes/application.ts
index 5f9ef84b5..64802620e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/routes/application.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/routes/application.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import koaGuard from '#src/middleware/koa-guard.js';
 import koaPagination from '#src/middleware/koa-pagination.js';
 import { buildOidcClientMetadata } from '#src/oidc/utils.js';
 import assertThat from '#src/utils/assert-that.js';
+import { parseSearchParamsForSearch } from '#src/utils/search.js';
 
 import type { AuthedRouter, RouterInitArgs } from './types.js';
 
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ export default function applicationRoutes<T extends AuthedRouter>(
   const {
     deleteApplicationById,
     findApplicationById,
-    findAllApplications,
     insertApplication,
     updateApplicationById,
-    findTotalNumberOfApplications,
+    countApplications,
+    findApplications,
   } = queries.applications;
   const { findApplicationsRolesByApplicationId, insertApplicationsRoles, deleteApplicationRole } =
     queries.applicationsRoles;
@@ -46,19 +47,25 @@ export default function applicationRoutes<T extends AuthedRouter>(
   router.get(
     '/applications',
     koaPagination({ isOptional: true }),
-    koaGuard({ response: z.array(Applications.guard), status: 200 }),
+    koaGuard({
+      response: z.array(Applications.guard),
+      status: 200,
+    }),
     async (ctx, next) => {
       const { limit, offset, disabled: paginationDisabled } = ctx.pagination;
+      const { searchParams } = ctx.URL;
+
+      const search = parseSearchParamsForSearch(searchParams);
 
       if (paginationDisabled) {
-        ctx.body = await findAllApplications();
+        ctx.body = await findApplications(search);
 
         return next();
       }
 
       const [{ count }, applications] = await Promise.all([
-        findTotalNumberOfApplications(),
-        findAllApplications(limit, offset),
+        countApplications(search),
+        findApplications(search, limit, offset),
       ]);
 
       // Return totalCount to pagination middleware
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/search.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/search.ts
index 947724f84..c23d6edf6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/search.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { SearchJointMode, SearchMatchMode } from '@logto/schemas';
 import type { Nullable, Optional } from '@silverhand/essentials';
-import { yes, conditionalString } from '@silverhand/essentials';
+import { yes, conditionalString, conditional } from '@silverhand/essentials';
 import { sql } from 'slonik';
 import { snakeCase } from 'snake-case';
 
@@ -190,6 +190,43 @@ const getMatchModeOperator = (match: SearchMatchMode, isCaseSensitive: boolean)
   }
 };
 
+const validateAndBuildValueExpression = (
+  rawValues: string[],
+  field: string,
+  shouldLowercase: boolean,
+  fieldsTypeMapping?: Record<string, string>
+) => {
+  const values =
+    shouldLowercase && isLowercaseValid(field, fieldsTypeMapping)
+      ? rawValues.map((rawValue) => rawValue.toLowerCase())
+      : rawValues;
+
+  // Type check for the first value
+  assertThat(
+    values[0] && values.every(Boolean),
+    new TypeError(`Empty value found${conditionalString(field && ` for field ${field}`)}.`)
+  );
+
+  const valueExpression =
+    values.length === 1
+      ? sql`${values[0]}`
+      : sql`any(${sql.array(values, conditional(fieldsTypeMapping?.[field]) ?? 'varchar')})`;
+
+  return valueExpression;
+};
+
+const isLowercaseValid = (field: string, fieldsTypeMapping?: Record<string, string>) => {
+  return !conditional(fieldsTypeMapping?.[field]);
+};
+
+const showLowercase = (
+  shouldLowercase: boolean,
+  field: string,
+  fieldsTypeMapping?: Record<string, string>
+) => {
+  return shouldLowercase && isLowercaseValid(field, fieldsTypeMapping);
+};
+
 /**
  * Build search SQL token by parsing the search object and available search fields.
  * Note all `field`s will be normalized to snake case, so camel case fields are valid.
@@ -200,11 +237,15 @@ const getMatchModeOperator = (match: SearchMatchMode, isCaseSensitive: boolean)
  * @returns The SQL token that includes the all condition checks.
  * @throws TypeError error if fields in `search` do not match the `searchFields`, or invalid condition found (e.g. the value is empty).
  */
-export const buildConditionsFromSearch = (search: Search, searchFields: string[]) => {
+export const buildConditionsFromSearch = (
+  search: Search,
+  searchFields: string[],
+  fieldsTypeMapping?: Record<string, string>
+) => {
   assertThat(searchFields.length > 0, new TypeError('No search field found.'));
 
   const { matches, joint, isCaseSensitive } = search;
-  const conditions = matches.map(({ mode, field: rawField, values: rawValues }) => {
+  const conditions = matches.map(({ mode, field: rawField, values }) => {
     const field = rawField && snakeCase(rawField);
 
     if (field && !searchFields.includes(field)) {
@@ -215,23 +256,21 @@ export const buildConditionsFromSearch = (search: Search, searchFields: string[]
 
     const shouldLowercase = !isCaseSensitive && mode === SearchMatchMode.Exact;
     const fields = field ? [field] : searchFields;
-    const values = shouldLowercase ? rawValues.map((value) => value.toLowerCase()) : rawValues;
 
-    // Type check for the first value
-    assertThat(
-      values[0] && values.every(Boolean),
-      new TypeError(`Empty value found${conditionalString(field && ` for field ${field}`)}.`)
-    );
-
-    const valueExpression =
-      values.length === 1 ? sql`${values[0]}` : sql`any(${sql.array(values, 'varchar')})`;
+    const getValueExpressionFor = (fieldName: string, shouldLowercase: boolean) =>
+      validateAndBuildValueExpression(values, fieldName, shouldLowercase, fieldsTypeMapping);
 
     return sql`(${sql.join(
       fields.map(
         (field) =>
           sql`${
-            shouldLowercase ? sql`lower(${sql.identifier([field])})` : sql.identifier([field])
-          } ${getMatchModeOperator(mode, isCaseSensitive)} ${valueExpression}`
+            showLowercase(shouldLowercase, field, fieldsTypeMapping)
+              ? sql`lower(${sql.identifier([field])})`
+              : sql.identifier([field])
+          } ${getMatchModeOperator(mode, isCaseSensitive)} ${getValueExpressionFor(
+            field,
+            shouldLowercase
+          )}`
       ),
       sql` or `
     )})`;
diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/src/api/application.ts b/packages/integration-tests/src/api/application.ts
index cad136fff..2519506f7 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/src/api/application.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/src/api/application.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import type {
-  Application,
-  CreateApplication,
-  ApplicationType,
-  OidcClientMetadata,
-  Role,
+import {
+  type Application,
+  type CreateApplication,
+  type ApplicationType,
+  type OidcClientMetadata,
+  type Role,
 } from '@logto/schemas';
+import { conditional } from '@silverhand/essentials';
 
 import { authedAdminApi } from './api.js';
 
@@ -23,7 +24,16 @@ export const createApplication = async (
     })
     .json<Application>();
 
-export const getApplications = async () => authedAdminApi.get('applications').json<Application[]>();
+export const getApplications = async (types?: ApplicationType[]) => {
+  const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(
+    conditional(
+      types &&
+        types.length > 0 && [...types.map((type) => ['search.type', type]), ['mode.type', 'exact']]
+    )
+  );
+
+  return authedAdminApi.get('applications', { searchParams }).json<Application[]>();
+};
 
 export const getApplication = async (applicationId: string) =>
   authedAdminApi.get(`applications/${applicationId}`).json<Application & { isAdmin: boolean }>();
diff --git a/packages/integration-tests/src/tests/api/application.test.ts b/packages/integration-tests/src/tests/api/application.test.ts
index 8752e45a6..3420e203b 100644
--- a/packages/integration-tests/src/tests/api/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration-tests/src/tests/api/application.test.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,32 @@ describe('admin console application', () => {
     expect(applicationNames).toContain('test-update-app');
   });
 
+  it('should create m2m application successfully and can get only m2m applications by specifying types', async () => {
+    await createApplication('test-m2m-app-1', ApplicationType.MachineToMachine);
+    await createApplication('test-m2m-app-2', ApplicationType.MachineToMachine);
+    const m2mApps = await getApplications([ApplicationType.MachineToMachine]);
+    const m2mAppNames = m2mApps.map(({ name }) => name);
+    expect(m2mAppNames).toContain('test-m2m-app-1');
+    expect(m2mAppNames).toContain('test-m2m-app-2');
+  });
+
+  it('total number of apps should equal to the sum of number of each types', async () => {
+    const allApps = await getApplications();
+    const m2mApps = await getApplications([ApplicationType.MachineToMachine]);
+    const spaApps = await getApplications([ApplicationType.SPA]);
+    const otherApps = await getApplications([ApplicationType.Native, ApplicationType.Traditional]);
+    expect(allApps.length).toBe(m2mApps.length + spaApps.length + otherApps.length);
+    const allAppNames = allApps.map(({ name }) => name);
+    const spaAppNames = spaApps.map(({ name }) => name);
+    const otherAppNames = otherApps.map(({ name }) => name);
+    expect(allAppNames).toContain('test-m2m-app-1');
+    expect(allAppNames).toContain('test-m2m-app-2');
+    expect(spaAppNames).not.toContain('test-m2m-app-1');
+    expect(spaAppNames).not.toContain('test-m2m-app-2');
+    expect(otherAppNames).not.toContain('test-m2m-app-1');
+    expect(otherAppNames).not.toContain('test-m2m-app-2');
+  });
+
   it('should delete application successfully', async () => {
     const application = await createApplication('test-delete-app', ApplicationType.Native);