An image processing apparatus includes: a display device; and a processor. The processor operates to: perform a process for processing an image, the process including a plurality of process steps including an image acquiring process step for acquiring an image data and an image processing process step for processing the image data; control the display device to display a plurality of process objects, each of which representing each of the process steps, to be arranged in an order corresponding to an order in which the process steps are performed; and control the display device to display an active process object, which represents an active process step that is currently being performed, in an appearance different from that of other process objects that are currently being not performed.