DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Known locally as the City of Good Living, San Carlos is home to a growing base of biotech and tech companies that build custom iOS apps with us, using senior engineers paired with AI to ship 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]
Our process for San Carlos clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with hands-on senior engineering review at every stage. AI handles a meaningful share of the boilerplate Swift and SwiftUI code and helps draft test coverage, while our engineers verify, extend, and own every decision that ships. We move from your requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate in short, visible cycles so you're reviewing real functionality throughout the build rather than waiting for a single reveal. Continuous integration and automated testing run in parallel with development, so speed doesn't come at the cost of stability. Given how many San Carlos companies work in biotech and other technical fields, we're accustomed to building software that needs to handle precise, sometimes regulated data correctly, not just look good in a demo, and we bring that same rigor to every build regardless of industry, preparing each app carefully for Apple's App Store review as part of the process.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for San Carlos businesses, from Laurel Street retailers to biotech and tech companies along the Caltrain corridor. Our AI-enabled process pairs senior engineers with AI-assisted development to deliver a scalable, secure app in Swift and SwiftUI, with senior developers reviewing every decision AI helps accelerate.
iOS applications for San Carlos biotech and life sciences companies that need to handle sensitive or regulated data correctly. Senior engineers own every architectural and security decision, using AI to accelerate implementation without compromising the precision this kind of software requires, from data handling through App Store readiness.
Interface and experience design built around Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and SwiftUI's component model. AI-assisted prototyping means you're reviewing real, working screens early, so San Carlos founders and product teams can react to something concrete rather than a static mockup.
[FAQs]
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, with delivery in about 6 weeks rather than the industry-standard 6 months. AI compresses the hours needed for scaffolding and testing without reducing senior review.
Senior engineers make every decision involving sensitive or regulated data, from how it's stored and transmitted to how access is controlled, and that work is never left to AI alone. AI accelerates the surrounding implementation, which is part of how we deliver this kind of careful, precise software for around $20,000 in about 6 weeks rather than the $200,000 and 6 months a fully manual build might take.
Most projects land around 6 weeks from kickoff to a completed, App Store-ready build, well under the roughly 6-month timeline typical of manual development. Senior engineers review every piece of AI-assisted code throughout, so the shorter timeline doesn't come with a quality tradeoff.
A traditional agency staffs a large team and bills for every hour of manual coding and QA. We pair a small, senior team with AI across architecture, code generation, and testing, so San Carlos clients get the same caliber of production software with fewer hours billed and engineers who personally vouch for every decision.
[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.
