Tell me F8F, will you be allowed to use the Ipad during a checkride?
And exactly how will you use instrument procedures without an instructor , safety pilot etc? you don't plan to wear a hood alone in the plane and file an IFR flight plan without an instrument rating , do you?
The idea of VFR flight is to learn a trick or two about looking out the window. And yes, you might even get lost and have to figure out where you are.
Do you have a checklist for IPAD FAILURE?
What will you do, 15 years from now when you are captain on a hypersonic electric plane and everything quits except the engines? Mamouth ION storm knocks everything out, but you can look out the window?
Will you know how to navigate by pilotage? Dead Reckoning? Much of airline flying, or any flying, is visual.
Now, getting you rNOTAMS on the IPAD might be a good idea. But exercise your mind. Not your fingertips. And PAPER sectional charts don't need batteries, and you can put them in the windows, on the ground while parked, to keep the cockpit cool from sunshine.
Remember, you cannot file IFR unless you are instrument rated, (instructor aside).