What Zach described matches my experience of casual encounter sites verify photos almost exactly.
I would judge casual encounter sites verify photos on whether a reported account really disappears rather than on the feature list.
Two of us compared notes on the app and landed in the same place on whether people reply or just collect matches.
If your area is thin, that one will not fix that, whatever what protection exists before you meet looks like.
After a few weeks on casual encounter sites verify photos the only question left was how long a bad account stays up.
The most useful filter on that one was recent activity, not distance, and it changed how much is automated versus reviewed completely.