1-1, 1-2 have the lest amount of drops per stamina (4 and 4.2 drops/stamina). They don't give any life crystals either. They spawn 25 stamina bonus map, that drops/stamina ratio wise is on level with 1-3 map a.k.a. 6 drops/stamina. Thou they do have best exp/stamina. Thou when you are levels 90+ or especially 100+ life crystals probably start to far outweigh exp/stamina.
1-4 has best ratio with 6.25 drops/stamina. Can spawn 80 stamina bonus with its 7.875 drops/stamina. Has best life crystals/stamina ratio of the two maps that drop it. But has the worst exp/stamina out of all maps.
So if you care for drops/stamina and/or life crystals/stamina - Ultimate + bonus stage it spawns (skip bonus if you wan't only LCs).
If you care for exp/stamina - Beginner and don't touch bonus stages (they have a crappy 2 exp/stamina ratios).
If you want a balance between exp/life crystals/drops - Advanced would be probably best.
Only thing I don't like about Ultimate maps is the stamina cost - with 80 you can't really do 9 per day to fulfill daily quests requirements if you aren't lucky with stamina drops from gathers.
Also all maps have same fireflies per stamina ratio of 0.1 (aka they give 1/2/4/8 respectively). So they are the same in terms of spawning the 0-stamina special stage.