DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
We build high-performance Android apps in React Native, pairing senior engineers with AI-accelerated development to ship a production-ready app 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]
We build Android apps in React Native with TypeScript, using an AI-enabled process at each stage: AI-assisted architecture planning, AI-generated scaffolding and boilerplate, AI-augmented code review, and AI-accelerated unit and end-to-end test coverage. Senior engineers direct and verify each step, so what ships is production-grade, maintainable code, not an auto-generated app no one can safely extend. We get from requirements to a working prototype fast, then iterate with you in short, visible cycles, with continuous integration and automated testing running throughout so speed never comes at the cost of stability.
On the tooling side, we typically build on Expo, which gives us reliable Android builds, streamlined Play Store submission, and over-the-air updates so fixes reach users without waiting on a store review. Where your product needs device capabilities such as camera, GPS, push notifications, or background tasks, we integrate the native modules to support them. And when a companion web app makes sense, we build it in React or Next.js, sharing TypeScript logic with your mobile codebase rather than maintaining two separate products. What you end up with is an Android app that ships quickly, performs like a native application, and fits into a stack your team can grow with.
[Deliverables]
Senior-engineered, AI-accelerated Android apps built in React Native and TypeScript around your specific business requirements. AI handles scaffolding, boilerplate, and test generation; experienced engineers own the architecture and review everything that ships. You get a scalable, secure application that's genuinely production-ready, whether you're building a consumer product for the Play Store, an internal tool, or the mobile arm of an existing platform.
React Native lets one TypeScript codebase target Android and iOS, and because it's built on React, core logic can be shared with a React or Next.js web app as well. We architect the build so your platforms stay in sync from day one, with AI-accelerated development keeping the timeline short and senior engineers making sure the shared code stays clean, tested, and maintainable.
We connect your React Native app to Android's native capabilities — camera, GPS, push notifications, sensors, and background processing — so the finished product feels and performs like a natively built app. We handle the full path to launch: Expo-based release builds, Play Store submission and review, and over-the-air updates that let improvements reach users without waiting on the store. AI speeds the integration work; our engineers verify performance and security at every step.
[FAQs]
With our AI-accelerated process, a typical React Native Android build comes in around $20,000 and ships in about 6 weeks, versus the roughly $200,000 and 6 months a traditional agency needs for comparable custom work. Because AI absorbs the repetitive parts of the build, you're billed for fewer engineering hours without any drop in code quality, and React Native's shared codebase stretches that budget further if you also need iOS.
For most products, yes. React Native is backed by Meta, renders real native components rather than a web view, and powers some of the most heavily used apps on the Play Store. It also gives you access to the mature JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem, thousands of proven libraries, and the option to share code with iOS and the web. For apps that don't need highly specialized native performance, it's hard to beat.
Yes, and it's one of React Native's biggest advantages. Because React Native and React share the same language and component model, business logic, API clients, and validation written in TypeScript can run in both your Android app and a React or Next.js web app. We architect projects so that shared code lives in one place, which shortens the initial build and keeps the platforms consistent as your product evolves.
That's a core reason clients choose React Native. JavaScript and TypeScript have the largest developer hiring pool in the world, so nearly any engineer you hire, and many you already employ, can work in the codebase we deliver. We ship clean, typed, well-tested code with documentation, and because every AI-assisted piece is reviewed by senior engineers, there are no black boxes: your team inherits a codebase it can confidently own.
[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.
