I find that there are tons of resources for me to listen to on topics I enjoy outside of platforms like Chinese Pod. Probably still a very good resource for beginner and intermediate level listening practice because they have so many lessons to dig through.
The place that TCB and Du Chinese shine for me is providing lots of level-appropriate reading options, which are super helpful for doing more extensive reading.
These days, when I’m reading articles written for native speakers, I find it to be a little mentally taxing. So, I like to supplement with some grading reading materials. I can get through the content a lot faster that way, and I get lots of exposure to vocabulary I already know in a variety of contexts, while picking up a few words I didn’t know in some of the articles I’m reading.
Add the audio recordings into the mix, and both apps are full of lots of good listening and reading activities depending on what you’re trying to work on.
I should note, I have a free TCB account from the generous team over there. But, I did buy an annual subscription to Du Chinese. Also, both apps have pretty good word-export functions, which is nice for migrating lots of vocabulary into the Skritter app. Although, I more often just manually enter vocabulary into a custom deck from the words I really wanna commit to long-term memory via Skritter about once a week