DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Irvine companies, from UC Irvine-adjacent startups to established tech and biotech firms, work with our senior engineers to build custom iOS apps using AI-accelerated development, launching 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 Irvine clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with hands-on senior engineering review at every step. That combination lets us deliver production-grade iOS applications in Swift and SwiftUI on a timeline that manual development alone can't match. We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate with you in short, transparent cycles instead of a long black-box development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, so we catch issues early rather than at the end of a long cycle, and we prepare for Apple's App Store review as part of the process rather than an afterthought. Irvine clients, particularly in tech and biotech, often need integration with existing systems, data pipelines, or internal tools, and we build for that from the start. We stay hands-on with security and performance throughout, since a technically sophisticated market expects nothing less. The result is an iOS application engineered to hold up under scrutiny, delivered in weeks rather than months.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications for Irvine businesses, built by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development to compress the timeline without narrowing scope. We handle the full build, from architecture through App Store launch and ongoing support.
Enterprise-grade iOS applications for Irvine companies that need to integrate with existing infrastructure, internal tools, or data systems. AI-accelerated development speeds up implementation while our engineers maintain full ownership of security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
Interface and experience design built around Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and SwiftUI's component model. Our designers and engineers work in tight loops, using AI-assisted prototyping to get working screens in front of you early rather than static mockups.
[FAQs]
Our published tiers anchor the range: prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. A typical custom iOS build with our AI-accelerated process runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 an Irvine agency using a fully manual process might charge for comparable scope, with delivery in about 6 weeks instead of the industry-standard 6 months.
Enterprise iOS builds traditionally run around $200,000 because of the manual hours integration and testing require. AI-accelerated development shortens those hours meaningfully, which is why comparable projects with our team typically land around $20,000, without reducing the senior engineering oversight enterprise-grade work needs.
Yes. Integration with internal tools, APIs, and data systems is common work for Irvine clients, and it's something senior engineers own directly rather than delegating to automation. AI accelerates the implementation work around an integration; the architecture and security decisions stay firmly in human hands.
Look for a team that can show real, production-grade work, not just a fast turnaround. Ask how AI fits into their process versus how much is still manual, and confirm you'll have a fractional product team, not a single generalist, covering design, engineering, and product strategy.
[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.
