WPS Image Tools is the image handling feature in WPS Writer for iOS; it includes 11 core tasks, with 6 available without membership and 5 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 11 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 6 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 5 | Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index |
About This Feature
Overview
WPS Image Tools helps you process pictures inside WPS Writer documents on iOS, including image crop, image editing, text extraction from images, image translation, replacement, deletion, rotation, and layout adjustment. If you are looking for how to edit images in documents on iPhone, this feature brings those tools together in one workflow.
Core capabilities include:
- Crop images to keep only the area you need.
- Edit images with enhancement, filters, cutout, annotation, and repair options.
- Extract text from images for follow-up editing.
- Translate text in images and copy or export the result.
- Replace images from the camera, photo library, or other available sources.
- Adjust rotation, text wrapping, object order, alignment, and image saving in the document.
This feature is useful for mobile document editing, screenshot cleanup, poster text extraction, bilingual review, and quick layout adjustment on iPhone or iPad.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | An iPhone or iPad that can run iOS or iPadOS |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office |
| Network | Online recognition, image translation, and membership verification require an Internet connection |
| Other | You need to open a WPS Writer document and allow access to Photos, Camera, or Files when needed |
Download & Installation
Install WPS Office on your iOS device before using Image Tools. Sign in to your account if you need membership-related features.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Check after installation | Open WPS Office, enter editing mode in a Writer document, and select an image to confirm that image tool options are available |
Source: WPS download center
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | Supports image crop, image editing, text extraction from images, image translation, replace image, rotate image, text wrapping, object order, horizontal alignment, and save image directly inside iOS documents. | Microsoft Word official pages describe picture crop, picture rotation, and multiple text wrapping options for document layout. | The Google Docs product page highlights online document collaboration, common file import, and mobile access, but the reviewed official page does not present image crop, OCR, or image translation as a comparable built-in workflow. | Notion official help pages support uploading, embedding, resizing, cropping, replacing, aligning, and deleting images, and also describe AI image creation and editing on Business and Enterprise plans. | Adobe Acrobat official pages focus on OCR text extraction, converting scanned content into editable text, and translating documents with AI Assistant, mainly for PDF and scanned-file workflows. |
| WPS Advantages | Advantage: WPS combines document image editing, text extraction from images, image translation, and layout controls in one in-document workflow on iOS. | Compared with WPS: the reviewed official pages focus on crop and wrap layout controls, and do not show text extraction from images or image translation in the same workflow. | Compared with WPS: the reviewed official page emphasizes collaboration and document creation more than in-document image processing depth. | Compared with WPS: image management is clear, but AI image editing is plan-limited and the official guidance is more page-management oriented than Writer-style document layout editing. | Compared with WPS: OCR and translation are clearly documented, but the workflow is centered on PDFs and scanned documents rather than picture layout controls inside a word-processing document. |
| Official Source | — | Crop a picture in Office Wrap text around a picture in Word | Google Docs product page | Images, files & media Create and edit images with Notion Agent | OCR software for PDFs Translate PDF |
Overall Conclusion
WPS Image Tools is a practical choice when you want to edit pictures, extract text, translate image content, and adjust layout without leaving a Writer document on iOS. Other products may be a better fit when your main priority is collaboration, knowledge-base content management, or PDF-first OCR workflows.
Use Cases
| No. | Scenario | Suitable for | Main issue | Recommended solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleaning up screenshots for class notes | Students, teachers | Extra image areas reduce readability | Use image crop to keep only the key content |
| 2 | Extracting text from posters or notices | Marketing teams, office users | Text in images cannot be edited directly | Use text extraction from images |
| 3 | Understanding foreign-language images | Cross-border teams, learners | Text in images is hard to read quickly | Use image translation and export the result if needed |
| 4 | Adjusting document layout | Office users | Images and text do not align well | Use text wrapping, object order, and horizontal alignment |
| 5 | Quick mobile image cleanup | Mobile workers | Too many apps are needed for simple edits | Use image editing, rotation, replacement, and save image in one workflow |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Capability | Free users | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Crop images | ✅ | ✅ |
| Delete, rotate, text wrapping, object order, and horizontal alignment | ✅ | ✅ |
| Image editing | Some functions are available, while some require membership | ✅ More image editing functions are available |
| Text extraction from images | Basic extraction is available; AI extraction and document export require membership | ✅ |
| Image translation | ❌ | ✅ |
| Replace image | Replacing from camera or photo library is available; material-library images require membership | ✅ |
| Save image | ❌ | ✅ |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Usage scenario | Recommended plan | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday crop, rotate, delete, and simple layout work | Free | Core image handling tasks are enough for light editing |
| Frequent image recognition, translation, or advanced repair | WPS Premium | Better for repeated text extraction from images, translation, and broader image editing needs |
| More complete mobile image workflows with material-library access or saving images to Photos | WPS Premium | Helps reduce switching between multiple apps |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Get WPS Premium
Source: WPS Office pricing page