On the Vertical Profile: I finally found some screen shots of EasyVFR (on their PlayStore page). If iFly were to hide the title bar to the main VP window (which doesn't seem to have a function except Close), it would essentially mimic EasyVFR's.(Would there be any benefit to an opacity setting for the VP window?)
As for more info on base map: Well, as long as I can turn it off, I don't care. Runway types are obvious from the Sectional. And I'm guessing that 99% of iFly users land on hard surface, if for no other reason than insurance coverage. Rwys that have right traffic are also shown on the Sectional, and already show in iFly on Zoom-In. As for rwy direction, that also shows on Zoom-In and is available on the Airport page.
I'm not sure what the unamed new pilot is trying to use iFly for. If it's to avoid pattern traffic from the many grass strips near him, I suggest, as an older, less bolder pilot, that the safer approach is to fly above the traffic pattern by a thousand feet. (Esp. since a lot of pilots don't fly published patterns.) If it's to brief for a landing - well, except for emergencies, info like surface, patterns, rwy direction are part of preflight planning.
But if iFly can figure out how to display what he wants in an intuitive way that doesn't clutter up the display and that can be disabled, that would be fine w/ me. There are other items higher on my wish-list tho.