DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
From its historic downtown to the tech and manufacturing companies along Davis Street, San Leandro businesses build custom iOS apps with our team, using AI-powered development 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 development process for San Leandro clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with direct senior engineering oversight at every stage. AI generates a meaningful share of the boilerplate Swift and SwiftUI code and helps draft test coverage; our engineers review, extend, and take full ownership of what actually ships. We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate with you in short, visible cycles rather than a long, opaque development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, so speed doesn't come at the cost of reliability. San Leandro's manufacturing and logistics-heavy business base means we often build apps that need to talk to existing operational systems, not just look good on their own, and we design architecture with that integration in mind from the start rather than bolting it on later. Every build is prepared for Apple's App Store review as part of the process, so the launch date you plan around is the one that actually holds.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for San Leandro 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, tailored to businesses ranging from established manufacturers to newer tech companies.
Enterprise iOS integration for San Leandro businesses that need a new app to connect with existing operational, inventory, or logistics systems. AI-accelerated implementation speeds up the integration work while our engineers retain full ownership of security, reliability, and long-term maintainability across the deployment.
Interface and experience design built around Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and how San Leandro's diverse customer base actually uses iPhone. AI-assisted prototyping means you're reacting to real, working screens early, keeping design decisions grounded in feedback rather than guesswork.
[FAQs]
We offer full custom iOS development, from UI/UX design through architecture, engineering, and App Store launch, plus ongoing support. Our AI-enabled process keeps pricing around $20,000 and timelines around 6 weeks for a typical build, whether you're building a consumer app or one that connects to existing operational systems.
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, with delivery in about 6 weeks rather than the industry-typical 6 months. AI reduces the manual hours required for scaffolding and testing, which is where most of that cost difference comes from.
Yes, integration work like this is common for San Leandro clients, particularly businesses in manufacturing and logistics. Senior engineers design the integration architecture and make every security-related decision, while AI accelerates the surrounding implementation, so the finished app connects reliably to your existing systems.
We start with discovery to understand your requirements and any systems the app needs to integrate with, move into AI-assisted architecture and prototyping, then build in short, iterative cycles with your feedback incorporated throughout. Most projects land around 6 weeks and $20,000, with senior engineers reviewing everything before it ships.
[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.
