DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
We help Brisbane companies, including the biotech and life sciences employers around Sierra Point, build custom iOS and Android apps with senior engineers and AI-accelerated development, in weeks rather than months.
★★★★★
“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 Brisbane clients, we combine AI-assisted planning and implementation with hands-on senior engineering to move from concept to a working iOS and Android app quickly. AI handles a meaningful share of the repetitive build work; our engineers own architecture, code review, and every decision that affects long-term quality on both platforms. We break projects into short, visible phases so you see real progress at every step instead of waiting for a single big reveal. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, which lets us maintain a fast pace without sacrificing stability through either app store's review process. Because Brisbane sits between a research-driven business community and a residential population with its own set of expectations, we spend real time in discovery understanding who the app actually needs to serve before writing a line of code. Whether the result is a consumer-facing product or an internal tool, we deliver software that's genuinely production-ready and built to scale as your business grows.
[Deliverables]
Custom mobile applications built for Brisbane 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, for iOS, Android, or both platforms at once. We also document the codebase clearly enough that another engineering team could pick it up later, rather than leaving you locked into us.
Native development and integration work for Brisbane businesses that need to connect a new app to existing lab systems, data platforms, or backend infrastructure. AI-enabled workflows speed up implementation while our engineers retain full ownership of security, performance, and scalability. We document every integration point clearly, so future changes to your backend or a third-party service don't require guesswork to update the app.
Interface and experience design built around how your specific users actually work, whether that's a technical audience or a general consumer base. AI-assisted prototyping means you see and react to real screens early, keeping design decisions grounded rather than theoretical, on both platforms. Where your brand already has visual guidelines, we work within them; where it doesn't, we help establish a coherent look as part of the process.
[FAQs]
We offer full custom mobile app development, from UI/UX design through architecture, engineering, and app store launch, for iOS, Android, or both, plus ongoing support. Our AI-enabled process keeps pricing around $20,000 and timelines around 6 weeks for a typical build, without cutting corners on quality or security.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. A typical custom cross-platform build with our AI-enabled process runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 a traditional agency might charge for separate iOS and Android builds, with delivery in about 6 weeks rather than the industry-standard 6 months. We provide a clear, itemized quote before any work begins, so there are no surprises once the build is underway.
Custom development means the app fits how your team and customers actually work instead of the other way around, and it scales with you rather than hitting a ceiling built into someone else's platform. Paired with AI-enabled engineering, Brisbane businesses get that customization at a fraction of the usual cost and time.
We build security into the architecture from the start rather than adding it at the end, with particular attention to data handling for clients in regulated or research-adjacent industries. Senior engineers review every piece of AI-generated code for security implications, and we test authentication, data storage, and API access thoroughly before anything 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.
