From an AJET stud perspective;
I trained on paper in Primary and IJET. I made smartpacks with the little plastic sleeves in BIs and RIs because it was easier than flipping through pubs. After a while I was more comfortable with just rubberbanding the pages I needed in pubs and stopped making smartpacks. After ripping apart charts under the bag throughout IJET I swore I would buy an iPad after my IR check. Once I IR checked I got an iPad Mini 5(?) with Foreflight/Mil Flightbag, but when the chips were down in IMC I reverted to paper because it’s what I trusted. Gradually I forced myself to use the iPad more and more. Now I only use the iPad and have the paper as a legal backup.
You can quickly and easily plan with GPS coordinates or NAVAID frequencies with it, it has all the pubs and charts you need at your fingertips, it can have overlays of arresting gear, you can make smartpacks of approaches for any area or airfield you want, you can file with it using preset profiles for your aircraft, it has current and forecasted weather, you can track yourself using location services, it automatically pulls up the airfield map once you touch down, the list of goodies is endless and it fits under my G-Suit strap and takes up less room than my kneeboard. It is an incredible piece of gear that I couldn’t recommend more even if it is almost a thousand dollars when all’s said and done.
Just treat it with respect. I’ve already cracked my screen because I’m a bonehead.