DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
We pair senior engineers with AI-enabled development to build custom iOS apps for Albany businesses in about six weeks, at a fraction of what a traditional build costs, without handing decisions over to automation.
★★★★★
“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 Albany clients pairs AI-assisted architecture and implementation with hands-on senior engineering review at every step. AI generates a meaningful share of the boilerplate Swift and SwiftUI code and drafts initial test coverage; our engineers verify, extend, and take ownership of everything before it ships. We move from your requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate in short cycles so you're reacting to real, working screens rather than a single big reveal months into the project. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, which keeps the pace fast without letting quality slip. Albany businesses, many of them small and independently owned, need apps that feel considered rather than generic, and we build with that expectation in mind, spending engineering time on the details that make an app feel native to iPhone rather than assembled from a template. We handle App Store submission as part of the process, including the back-and-forth Apple's review sometimes requires, so your launch date holds.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for Albany businesses, engineered by senior developers using AI-accelerated implementation and testing. You get a fully custom, production-grade app in Swift and SwiftUI, with the timeline shortened by how efficiently AI handles scaffolding and repetitive work, and senior engineers reviewing every decision before it reaches the App Store.
For Albany businesses running an aging or underperforming iOS app, we rebuild it on modern Swift and SwiftUI foundations. AI-assisted analysis and code generation speed up the audit and rewrite process, while senior engineers make the architectural calls that determine whether the new version actually performs better and holds up as your business grows.
Interface and experience design for iOS apps, built around SwiftUI's component model and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. AI-assisted prototyping means you're reviewing working screens early in the process, so design decisions get made with real feedback from you, not assumptions about what Albany's users will respond to.
[FAQs]
It means AI handles the repetitive, time-consuming parts of a build, generating boilerplate code, scaffolding new features, and drafting test cases, while senior engineers direct that work and make every real decision about architecture and quality. The result is the same caliber of custom, production-grade iOS software a traditional agency delivers, built on a timeline closer to 6 weeks than the usual 6 months.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Pricing depends on scope, but our AI-enabled process typically brings a custom iOS build to around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 an agency relying on fully manual development might charge for similar work. AI reduces the hours needed for scaffolding and testing, and that efficiency gets passed on directly without touching senior review.
Most projects with our team land around 6 weeks from kickoff to a completed build, versus the roughly 6-month timeline typical of traditional agencies. AI-assisted development compresses implementation and testing significantly, while senior engineers still review every piece of code and prepare the app properly for Apple's App Store review before it ships.
Both. We build new iOS apps from the ground up and take on existing apps that need modernizing, whether that means migrating to SwiftUI, fixing performance issues, or extending an app with features it wasn't originally built to support. Either way, AI-accelerated development keeps the timeline and cost well below what a fully manual rebuild would require.
[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.
