雅思考试是笔试加口试（现也有机考），托福考试是机考：有些考生由于从小到大都是笔试，所以更倾向于考雅思；而有些考生则觉得雅思口试中与真人考官对话会紧张，或者自身写字不好看甚至因为电脑打字比手写更快，更倾向于选择托福机考；甚至有些考生喜欢看美剧更倾向于美式发音，也有考生喜欢英剧喜欢英式发音的，故选择了不同的试。
IELTS is written test plus oral test (now organic test), while TOEFL test is computer-based test: some candidates tend to take IELTS test because they are mostly written test from childhood; while some candidates feel that dialogue with real examiners in IELTS oral test will be nervous, or their writing is not good-looking, even because computer typing is faster than handwriting, they prefer to choose computer-based TOEFL test; some candidates even like it Happy to see American TV series tend to American pronunciation, but also some candidates like English drama, like British pronunciation, so choose a different test.
2、两者的准备资料不一样
2. The preparation data of the two are different
雅思考试有剑1-剑15，但是在数量方面远不及托福的TPO(TOEFL Practice Online，即托福真题模考版)，这就造成雅思考试准备比液压钢坝托福更困难；另外托福考试题目存在规律性重复是事实，所以就有了大量的“机经”与考试预测，而雅思考试预测远不如托福的命中率，从而使部分考生更倾向于考福。
IELTS test has sword 1-sword 15, but in terms of quantity, it is far less than TOEFL's TPO (TOEFL Practice) In addition, it is a fact that there are regular repetitions in the TOEFL test, so there are a lot of "opportunities" and test predictions, and the prediction of IELTS test is far less than the hit rate of TOEFL, so some candidates are more inclined to take the test.