WPS Image Tools on Android help you crop, edit, extract text from, translate, replace, and arrange images in documents; this feature set includes 9 core tasks, with 5 available without membership and 4 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 9 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 5 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 4 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
Image Tools are the image handling features available in WPS Office for Android documents. They are designed for adjusting inserted images, refining image content, extracting information from images, and improving page layout while editing a document on a mobile device.
Core capabilities include:
- Crop Image: trim the visible area of an image.
- Image Editing: apply image enhancement, filters, cutout, annotation, and repair tools.
- Extract Text from Image: recognize text inside an image.
- Translate Image: convert image text into another language.
- Replace Image: swap the current image while keeping its place in the document.
- Delete Image: remove the selected image object.
- Rotate Image: change image direction.
- Text Wrapping: adjust how the image interacts with surrounding text.
- Save Image: save an image from the document to your Android device.
This feature is useful for document cleanup, mobile layout adjustment, image reuse, and quick content processing on the go.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Android phone or tablet |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | Image translation, some image editing tools, and text extraction work more completely with an internet connection |
| Other | You need to open a WPS document and allow local storage or gallery access when saving images |
Download & Installation
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Installation | Install WPS Office on your Android device, open a document, and enter editing mode |
| Post-install check | After selecting an image, related options appear in the floating toolbar or under Tools > Picture |
Source: WPS Download Center
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Supports cropping, rotating, deleting, saving, text wrapping, image editing, text extraction, image translation, and image replacement directly inside Android document editing. | Microsoft Word officially supports picture cropping, rotation, and text wrapping for document layout control, with a stronger focus on positioning and formatting pictures in documents. | Google Docs officially highlights online document creation, collaboration, templates, and file import, but its public product page gives less detail about integrated image-level editing inside a document. | Notion officially supports adding, resizing, arranging, cropping, replacing, and downloading images, with a stronger focus on block-based content organization and page layout. | Adobe Acrobat officially highlights OCR-based text extraction and PDF translation workflows, especially for scanned files, image-based text, and PDF content processing. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: WPS brings layout adjustment, image editing, text extraction, image translation, and image replacement into one Android document workflow, which is practical for continuous mobile editing. | Compared with WPS: Microsoft official pages focus on crop, rotate, wrap, move, and position controls, while image text extraction and image translation are not presented as part of the same picture tool flow. | Compared with WPS: Google Docs emphasizes collaboration, AI-assisted drafting, and document creation, while its official product page does not present one combined image workflow covering crop, replace, OCR, and translation. | Compared with WPS: Notion is well suited to arranging and cropping media blocks, but its official help page does not present image text extraction or image translation as part of document image handling. | Compared with WPS: Adobe provides clearer official guidance for OCR and document translation, but the workflow is centered on PDFs and scanned documents; WPS is closer to direct image handling inside Android document editing. |
| Official Source | — | Crop a picture in Office Wrap text and move pictures in Word | Google Docs product page | Images, files & media | Translate PDF OCR software for PDFs |
Overall Conclusion
WPS Image Tools are a practical fit for users who want to work with images directly inside Android documents, especially when they need to crop, replace, recognize, and translate image content without leaving the editing flow. If your main priority is online collaboration, block-based content organization, or PDF-focused OCR workflows, other products may fit those scenarios better.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main issue | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adjust the visible area of an illustration | Document editors | Extra image edges affect page layout | Use Crop Image to keep only the needed area |
| 2 | Improve image appearance | Content creators | The image needs cleanup, annotation, or repair | Use Image Editing tools to refine the image |
| 3 | Extract text from a poster or screenshot | Students and office users | Text inside an image cannot be copied directly | Use Extract Text from Image to recognize the text |
| 4 | Understand foreign-language image content | Cross-language users | Image text is hard to read or reuse | Use Translate Image to convert the content |
| 5 | Improve text and image layout | Mobile document editors | The image does not fit well with surrounding text | Use Text Wrapping and Rotate Image to adjust layout |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Crop, rotate, delete, text wrapping, and save image | ✅ | ✅ |
| Image Editing | Some tools are available, while some advanced tools require membership | ✅ More image editing tools are available |
| Extract Text from Image | You can start text extraction, while AI extraction and document export involve membership benefits | ✅ |
| Translate Image | ❌ | ✅ |
| Replace Image | Replacing from camera or gallery is available; stock library images involve membership benefits | ✅ |
| Cloud space and more advanced capabilities | Depends on the current account plan | Usually includes more advanced capabilities and higher quotas |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Usage scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday cropping, rotating, deleting, and layout adjustment | Free | Basic image handling is enough for light document editing |
| Frequent image translation, advanced image editing, or exporting recognized results | WPS Premium | Better suited to higher-frequency image processing and cross-language work |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership page: Subscribe now
- You can review available plans and feature coverage on the WPS website.
Source: WPS Office pricing page