Brandon,
This has commonly been asked in the past, it has been a while since I’ve seen this question. Simple answer is you can go which one you prefer; however, I believe for the Private stage, basic is good enough. Once you start indulging into Instrument and further phases, I believe the pro is sufficient as it allows some more features. While you’re in the private stage, you really won’t be using the iPad as much as an actual sectional chart and preplanning on paper. Once I started instructing, I upgraded to the performance which was a little ‘overkill’, but I wanted to try and see some of the other benefits from another plan… I’ve since kept the performance subscription.
In your resources, there is a ForeFlight guide provided by ATP, you will want to read through that as well. Below are two other threads that I’ve found on the forum that may also be useful in discussion:
Brady