DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Richmond's mix of established industry and a revitalizing downtown builds custom iOS apps with our team, using senior engineers paired with AI-accelerated development to launch in about six weeks.
★★★★★
“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 iOS applications for Richmond clients using an AI-enabled process: AI-assisted architecture and planning, AI-accelerated implementation in Swift and SwiftUI, and automated testing layered under senior engineering review. The result is production-quality code delivered on a materially shorter timeline than manual development alone would allow. We move from your requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate with you in short, visible cycles. Continuous integration keeps the codebase stable as we go, so speed never comes at the expense of reliability, and our engineers stay hands-on throughout, reviewing and directing every piece of AI-generated output rather than shipping it unchecked. For Richmond clients with operational or industrial roots, we pay particular attention to how an app integrates with existing systems and processes, not just how it looks, and we build for durability: an app that keeps working reliably day after day, not one designed primarily to impress in a demo.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for Richmond companies, 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, delivering software built for real operational use, not just a polished demo.
Enterprise-grade iOS integration for Richmond businesses that need a new app to connect cleanly with existing operational or industrial systems. AI-accelerated implementation speeds up the integration work while our engineers retain full ownership of security, reliability, and long-term maintainability, so the finished product performs under real, sustained load.
Interface and experience design built around Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and how Richmond's businesses and their customers actually use iPhone. AI-assisted prototyping speeds up early iteration, so you're reviewing real, working screens early instead of static mockups.
[FAQs]
A local team means easier collaboration and a partner who understands the specific operational realities of a Richmond business. We add AI-enabled development on top of that, bringing project costs to around $20,000 and timelines to about 6 weeks, well under the roughly $200,000 and 6 months a traditional agency might quote.
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, well below the roughly $200,000 an agency using purely manual development might charge for comparable scope. AI compresses the hours spent on scaffolding and testing, and that efficiency passes directly to the client.
Most projects land around 6 weeks from kickoff to a completed, App Store-ready build, compared to the roughly 6-month timeline typical of traditional agencies. AI-assisted development lets senior engineers move through implementation faster while still personally reviewing every line of Swift that ships.
Yes, integration work like this is common for Richmond clients. Senior engineers assess your existing systems during discovery and design the app's architecture around secure, reliable integration, using AI to accelerate implementation while keeping full ownership of the security and performance decisions that matter most for operational software.
[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.
