DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Burbank is home to some of the biggest names in entertainment. We build the Android apps behind the scenes, using senior engineers paired with AI to deliver production-grade software in weeks, not months.
★★★★★
“Other app developer quoted 10X the price to create a live testable version. DreamLabs pricing structure has meant we can quickly get the app in users hands and see what they think!”
Jenn Brooks · Founder & CEO @ Nurture
As a fractional product team, we start by defining your vision and sharpening your strategy. We don’t just say “yes,” but always ask “why?”, helping your dev budget go further and faster.
We use AI-accelerated development to help teams of all sizes launch custom, scale-ready digital products. Ship in days/weeks, not months/years.
User testing is a bonus service we offer to all clients for free. This means we learn together from real users with each release.
[What We Do]
Our process for Burbank clients pairs AI-assisted architecture and implementation with direct senior engineering review at every stage. AI handles a meaningful share of the boilerplate and repetitive coding; our engineers stay accountable for architecture, security, and the performance decisions that determine whether an app holds up under real usage.
We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate with you in short, visible cycles instead of a long black-box development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, so we catch problems early rather than during a crunch right before a deadline.
Whether you're building a consumer-facing app tied to a media property or an internal tool for a production company, we build for Burbank's pace: fast, but with senior engineers reviewing every decision that ships. The result is an Android app engineered to perform under scrutiny, delivered on a schedule that fits how this industry actually operates. We test extensively before anything reaches the Play Store, including against the kind of usage spikes a media property or production tool can see around a release, and we stay engaged after launch for updates and fixes.
[Deliverables]
Custom Android applications for Burbank's media, production, and entertainment-adjacent businesses, built by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development. We handle the full build, from architecture through Play Store launch, on a timeline that respects a production schedule. Scope and pricing are agreed upfront during discovery, so there are no surprise costs once the work is actually underway.
We integrate Android apps with the systems media and production companies already depend on, from content management platforms to internal scheduling and asset tools. AI-assisted development speeds up this integration work while our engineers retain full ownership of security and reliability. Every build goes through the same rigorous senior review regardless of project size, so quality never scales down along with a smaller budget.
Interface and experience design built for entertainment and media brands that need their app to feel as polished as the productions it supports. AI-assisted prototyping gets working screens in front of you fast, so design decisions happen early and with real feedback. Every decision along the way, from architecture to the last detail of the interface, is made by a senior engineer, not an automated pipeline, so what you receive is genuinely custom and yours to extend.
[FAQs]
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Costs vary with scope, but our AI-enabled process typically runs around $20,000 all-in for a Burbank build, with delivery in about 6 weeks. That's a meaningfully faster and more affordable path than the traditional agency timeline of roughly 6 months. Every engagement starts with a short scoping conversation so any estimate reflects your actual requirements rather than a generic package price.
A typical AI-enabled Android build runs around $20,000, compared to the roughly $200,000 a traditional agency might charge for comparable work using a fully manual process. AI reduces the engineering hours a build requires without reducing the quality of what ships. These figures assume a fairly standard scope; a build with unusually complex integrations or a larger feature set is scoped individually during discovery.
Most builds complete in about 6 weeks, though we scope the schedule against any hard deadlines you're working with up front. AI-assisted scaffolding and testing let senior engineers move through implementation quickly while still reviewing every piece of the build. We're happy to go into more detail about how this applies to your specific project during an initial call.
Senior engineers review, direct, and where necessary rewrite every piece of AI-generated code before it ships. AI accelerates scaffolding, boilerplate, and test coverage, but nothing goes into a production Android app without a human owning the decision. This approach has held up consistently across a wide range of builds, regardless of industry or app complexity.
[01] Product Strategy
We start by helping you define your long and short-term product visions. We then break down the concepts into concrete features and functions, so we can piece them back together into a prioritized roadmap.
[02] Development
With the framework pinned down, we go heads-down on execution. We leverage AI-powered tooling and a modern Flutter + Firebase stack to develop your product in record time.
[03] Polishing + Launch QA
Your finished product to ensure that each feature works seamlessly, every color is precise and all copy is ready for publication. We then manage the entire app publishing process on mobile, web or both.
