DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Known as the Birthplace of Biotechnology, South San Francisco's biotech and tech companies build custom iOS apps with our team, using senior engineers paired with AI 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]
Our development process for South San Francisco 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 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. Given how many South San Francisco companies operate in regulated biotech and pharmaceutical fields, we pay close attention to data handling, security, and documentation throughout the build, not just at the end, and we bring that same rigor to every client regardless of industry. We prepare every build for Apple's App Store review as part of the process, so a launch date set months in advance is the one that actually holds.
[Deliverables]
Custom iOS applications built for South San Francisco businesses, engineered by senior developers using AI-accelerated implementation and testing. You get a fully custom, production-grade app in Swift and SwiftUI, with the development timeline shortened by how efficiently AI handles the repetitive work.
iOS applications for South San Francisco's biotech and pharmaceutical companies, built with the data handling and security rigor regulated industries require. Senior engineers own every architectural and compliance-relevant decision, using AI to accelerate implementation without compromising the precision this kind of software demands.
Enterprise iOS integration for South San Francisco companies that need a new app to connect securely with existing lab systems, internal tools, or third-party services. AI-accelerated development speeds up implementation while our engineers keep full ownership of security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
[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 many agencies charge for comparable work using a fully manual process. AI compresses the hours spent on scaffolding, boilerplate, and testing, and we pass that efficiency directly to the client without reducing senior review.
Senior engineers make every security and data-handling decision on biotech and pharma builds, from authentication design to how sensitive information is stored and transmitted, 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 software for around $20,000 in about 6 weeks, compared to the roughly $200,000 and 6 months a fully manual build might require.
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. Senior engineers review every piece of AI-assisted code throughout the process, 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, design iteration, and QA. We pair a small, senior team with AI across architecture, code generation, and testing, so you get the same caliber of production iOS software with fewer hours billed and a much shorter timeline.
[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.
