DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
San Marino is a small, affluent community built around the Huntington and a handful of respected local institutions, and we build iOS apps there with senior engineers using AI-powered development, delivered 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]
For San Marino clients, we combine AI-assisted planning and implementation with hands-on senior engineering to move from concept to a working iOS app efficiently, without over-building for a scale you don't need. 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 for your actual community, whether that's students, families, patients, or clients. We break projects into short, visible phases so you see real progress at every step. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, which lets us maintain a fast pace without sacrificing the reliability a reputation-driven organization depends on. Whether you're building a parent-facing app for an institution or a client tool for a professional practice, we deliver an iOS application that's genuinely production-ready and sized appropriately to who you actually serve. We also remain available after launch, since an institution's needs tend to evolve gradually rather than all at once during a single build cycle. We keep communication direct throughout, since an institution's leadership usually wants a clear, current answer rather than a status report buried in a dashboard.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for San Marino's professional practices, schools, and community institutions, engineered by senior developers using AI-accelerated development to compress the timeline without cutting scope. We manage the full build in Swift and SwiftUI, from architecture through App Store launch, sized to a smaller, community-focused organization.
Interface and experience design for apps serving a specific community, students and their families, patients, or clients, where clarity and trust matter more than a long feature list. AI-assisted prototyping means you see and react to real screens early, keeping design decisions grounded in your users' actual needs.
Strategic guidance for San Marino organizations figuring out whether an app makes sense and what it should include at launch. We use AI-assisted research to move through discovery quickly, then help scope a build that fits your community's actual size and needs rather than an enterprise assumption.
[FAQs]
Most custom iOS builds take about 6 weeks with our team, compared to the roughly 6-month timeline common at a traditional agency. AI-assisted architecture and testing let our senior engineers move quickly without over-building, which matters for an organization that doesn't need enterprise-scale infrastructure. Senior engineers still review and own every line of code that ships, so the speed doesn't come at the cost of reliability your community depends on.
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-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 needed for scaffolding and testing, and we scale that efficiency to a project sized right for a smaller organization.
It depends on how your community actually wants to interact with you, which we help you work through during discovery before committing to a build. For institutions where a direct relationship with families or members matters, a well-scoped app can strengthen that connection without the cost of an unnecessarily large build.
Data handling and access control are architecture decisions we make deliberately from the start, not something added before launch. Senior engineers design the security and privacy model directly, AI accelerates implementing that design, and every relevant decision goes through review before the app is prepared for App Store submission.
[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.
