diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index fdd7db483beaa..9825cf4ed3c6f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ impl App {
         self.sub_apps.sub_apps.remove(&label.intern())
     }
 
+    /// Extract data from the main world into the [`SubApp`] with the given label and perform an update if it exists.
+    pub fn update_sub_app_by_label(&mut self, label: impl AppLabel) {
+        self.sub_apps.update_subapp_by_label(label);
+    }
+
     /// Inserts a new `schedule` under the provided `label`, overwriting any existing
     /// schedule with the same label.
     pub fn add_schedule(&mut self, schedule: Schedule) -> &mut Self {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/sub_app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/sub_app.rs
index 59ad4eca8b105..832f87357deb2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/sub_app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/sub_app.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{App, InternedAppLabel, Plugin, Plugins, PluginsState};
+use crate::{App, AppLabel, InternedAppLabel, Plugin, Plugins, PluginsState};
 use bevy_ecs::{
     event::EventRegistry,
     prelude::*,
@@ -449,4 +449,12 @@ impl SubApps {
     pub fn iter_mut(&mut self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &mut SubApp> + '_ {
         std::iter::once(&mut self.main).chain(self.sub_apps.values_mut())
     }
+
+    /// Extract data from the main world into the [`SubApp`] with the given label and perform an update if it exists.
+    pub fn update_subapp_by_label(&mut self, label: impl AppLabel) {
+        if let Some(sub_app) = self.sub_apps.get_mut(&label.intern()) {
+            sub_app.extract(&mut self.main.world);
+            sub_app.update();
+        }
+    }
 }