DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Burlingame sits at the northern edge of the Peninsula's tech corridor, minutes from SFO and a short Caltrain ride from Silicon Valley. We build Android apps for companies here using senior engineers paired with AI, shipping in weeks instead of 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 Burlingame clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with direct senior engineering oversight at every stage. That combination compresses a typical build timeline substantially while keeping the code quality, performance, and security a production application needs. We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly and iterate with you in short, visible cycles rather than a long black-box development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, catching issues early rather than after launch. Whether you're a Burlingame company building a customer-facing app or an internal tool to support operations, we build for the realities of the Google Play Store and for the performance expectations of a market this close to Silicon Valley. Our AI-enabled process gets you a genuinely custom, production-ready Android application without the six-month timeline or the six-figure budget a traditional build usually requires. We also help clients plan for what comes after launch, including analytics, crash reporting, and a lightweight roadmap for the first few post-launch releases so the app keeps improving instead of stalling out.
[Deliverables]
Custom Android applications for Burlingame businesses, built by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development to compress the timeline without narrowing the scope. We handle architecture, implementation, and Play Store launch as one connected process, with ongoing support after you go live. We scope every Burlingame engagement around your actual business requirements, not a generic package, so the app you get fits how your company actually operates day to day.
Enterprise Android integration for Burlingame companies connecting a new app to existing infrastructure, whether that's internal tools, backend systems, or third-party data. AI-enabled development speeds up implementation while our engineers keep ownership of security and long-term maintainability. Whether you're syncing with a CRM, a backend API, or internal tools already in use, we treat integration work as core to the build rather than an afterthought handled at the end.
UI/UX design tuned to how Burlingame's customers and employees actually use Android. AI-assisted prototyping gets working screens in front of you fast, so design decisions are grounded in real feedback rather than guesswork. We test with real users wherever possible before locking a design into production, so what ships reflects actual behavior rather than assumptions made in a design review.
[FAQs]
Most Burlingame builds take about 6 weeks with our AI-enabled process, compared to the roughly 6-month timeline typical of a traditional agency. AI-assisted scaffolding and testing let senior engineers move through implementation faster, while still reviewing and owning every part of the build. That timeline holds for most projects of typical scope; something with unusually complex integration requirements may take a little longer, and we'll flag that clearly during discovery.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Our AI-enabled process typically brings a custom Android build to around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 a traditional agency might charge for similar scope. AI reduces the manual hours spent on scaffolding, testing, and iteration, and we pass that efficiency on directly. That figure covers a fully custom build, from architecture through Play Store launch, not a stripped-down version that leaves out functionality your Burlingame business actually needs.
A single freelancer gives you one set of hands and one set of skills. We staff every project as a fractional product team covering design, engineering, and product management, with AI accelerating the repetitive work across all of it. You get broader coverage and faster delivery than a solo developer can offer, at a comparable or lower cost.
Yes. Launch is a milestone, not an end point. We support Burlingame clients through OS updates, bug fixes, and new feature development after the initial release, and because our process is AI-enabled, those follow-on changes typically move faster than they would with a fully manual team. We scope that ongoing work separately from the initial build, so you know exactly what post-launch support costs before you commit to anything.
[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.
