There are also iOS and Android versions of the software available which is a really nice touch. It isn’t huge admittedly, but it’s there, it’s free, and it’s designed to store your documents and spreadsheets rather than 10 years’ worth of photos and videos. WPS also comes with 1 GB of free cloud storage. There is however, no database application included but I don’t think that’s something most people will get too worked up about it. The same is true of WPS Presentations and WPS Spreadsheets. I’ve written this piece using the WPS Writer, and I’ve found no downsides or drawbacks. WPS is also incredibly easy on systems and its low requirements mean it can be installed on even old PCs running Windows. WPS Office 2016 Personal Edition currently supports English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Polish, and has all the standard features you could hope and want for from your office suite, including spell check and word-count feature. WPS Office 2016 Personal Edition offers a great range of built-in templates. Works with MS Office filesĬompatibility with MS Office document formats comes as standard, and WPS does a good job opening and converting them without formatting errors such as suddenly finding paragraphs with five lines between them or spreadsheet calculations with formulas that have stopped working.Įach program opens and saves all Microsoft Office document formats (doc, docx, xls, xlsx etc), as well as HTML, RTF, XML, even PDF. All three of the above also use the same style of interface as MS Office and all the usual tools and options are placed in a similar fashion and have intuitive positioning. WPS Presentations (which is pretty much PowerPoint)Īll three work very well, and if you’ve used any recent version of MS Office, or indeed any other Office suite, you should find yourself instantly at home.WPS Spreadsheets (a very good spreadsheet feature).WPS Writer (more than capable word processor).It comes bundled with three applications: There’s some real depth behind the interface and it works. You may expect an office suite that’s completely free to somehow be lacking something that MS Office provides, and yes, graphically at least it can sometimes look a little rough around the edges, and there are ads that can become annoying, but it’s a small price to pay when you consider the fact you’re not paying anything for the product.Īnd don’t let that fool you into thinking that WPS Office 2016 isn’t fully formed or that it’s some half functional basic suite. WPS Office 2016 Personal Edition is a genuine contender to replace MS Office suite.