DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Burbank is built around studios and production companies, and the iOS apps we build there reflect that: senior engineers paired with AI-powered development, delivering App Store-ready software in about six weeks instead of the six months a traditional build usually takes.
★★★★★
“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]
For Burbank clients, we combine AI-assisted planning and implementation with hands-on senior engineering to move from concept to a working iOS app quickly. AI handles a meaningful share of the repetitive build work in Swift and SwiftUI; our engineers own architecture, code review, and every decision that affects how the app performs once it's in front of an audience or a production crew. We break projects into short, visible phases, mirroring the kind of production cadence media companies already run on, so you see real progress at every step instead of waiting for a single big reveal. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, which lets us keep a fast pace without sacrificing the stability an entertainment audience notices immediately when it's missing. Whether you're building a companion app tied to a release schedule or an internal tool for a production team, we deliver iOS applications that are genuinely production-ready: performant, secure, and prepared for Apple's App Store review well before your launch date arrives. We also stay available around a production's actual hours, not a standard nine-to-five, since that's often when real problems surface and need attention.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for Burbank's studios, production companies, and the vendors that support them, engineered by senior developers using AI-accelerated development to compress the timeline without cutting scope. We manage the full build, from architecture through App Store launch, and design around release schedules and production timelines rather than a generic development calendar.
Companion apps and audience-facing iOS products built to tie into a release, a show, or an ongoing production, using AI-assisted development to hit tight entertainment-industry timelines. Our engineers handle everything from real-time content updates to App Store submission, so the app is ready when your release date is, not weeks after it.
Enterprise iOS tools for Burbank media companies that need internal apps connecting to production systems, asset libraries, or scheduling platforms. AI-enabled development speeds up implementation while our engineers retain full ownership of security, performance, and integration with the tools your production teams already rely on.
[FAQs]
Most custom iOS builds take about 6 weeks with our team, compared to the roughly 6-month timeline a traditional agency needs for similar scope. AI-assisted architecture, code generation, and testing let our senior engineers move fast enough to hit a release-driven schedule, while still reviewing every line of Swift that ships and every screen prepared for Apple's App Store review.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. A typical custom iOS build with our AI-enabled process runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 a traditional agency might charge for comparable scope. AI reduces the manual hours spent on scaffolding and testing, and we pass that savings directly to Burbank clients without cutting the senior engineering review every build goes through.
Yes. We build the development plan around your release date from the first discovery conversation, working backward to make sure content, testing, and App Store review all land with room to spare. AI-assisted development gives us the speed to hit tight windows without treating your launch date as a soft target.
We build natively in Swift and SwiftUI, following Apple's Human Interface Guidelines rather than a cross-platform shortcut, because entertainment audiences notice when an app feels like it wasn't built for their device. AI accelerates scaffolding and boilerplate; senior engineers handle architecture, performance tuning, and everything that determines whether the app holds up under a real launch-day audience.
[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.
