Can confirm the the app part. Less sure about what the verification step actually proves.
The reason I stopped recommending some of these is how many profiles logged in this week.
Gave the platform a fair run over 6 weeks and kept coming back to what the subscription actually unlocks.
Assuming you are not paying, how discreet the notifications are is where it gets tight.
Most comparisons of the service skip whether people reply or just collect matches, which is the part that matters.
That is my read on best christian dating sites for serious anyway, others will have had different luck.