and what we actually do differently
The suspicion is fair - plenty of apps have no real incentive to tell you which profiles are active, real, or worth your time. Oh My Person weights real accounts above inactive or non-real ones in every compatibility ranking, verifies identity with a human reviewer, and won't show you full profiles until yours is filled out too - so browsing only happens once both sides have actually shown up.
Look for what the app actually does about it, not just what it claims - real, human-reviewed identity verification, and ranking that favors active, complete profiles over ones that just exist.
Yes - identity verification is reviewed by a person, not automated, and shown as a badge on the profile. It's optional, but it's real when it's there.
Because browsing should be mutual. Full profiles stay gated until yours is complete too, so you're never looking at people who filled theirs out while yours sits empty.