DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
Oakland companies work with our team to build custom iOS and Android apps, using senior engineers paired with AI throughout design, development, and testing to launch in weeks, not 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]
Our process for Oakland clients combines AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with hands-on senior engineering review at every step, across both iOS and Android. That pairing lets us compress the traditional build timeline substantially while keeping the code quality, security, and performance you'd expect from a fully custom build. We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly and iterate with you in short, visible cycles rather than a long black-box development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, catching issues early instead of at the end of a six-month cycle, and we test on real devices for both platforms rather than treating one as secondary. From logistics and supply chain tools serving the Port to consumer apps built for Oakland's arts and food scene, we build for real usage and real scrutiny, using AI to move fast without asking you to compromise on the quality of what ships to either platform.
[Deliverables]
Cross-platform mobile applications for Oakland businesses, built by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development to shorten the timeline without shortening the feature set. We handle the full lifecycle, from architecture to app store launch and post-launch support, on iOS and Android at once. Version control, staged rollouts, and rollback plans are built into the process, so a launch-week issue doesn't become a launch-week crisis.
Native app development and platform integration work for Oakland companies connecting a new app to existing systems, data, and infrastructure on iOS, Android, or both. AI-enabled development speeds up implementation while our engineers keep ownership of security, performance, and long-term maintainability. Authentication and data handling get particular attention here, since integration work is where security gaps most often slip through unnoticed.
UI/UX design tuned to Oakland's varied audience, from a logistics operator's internal team to a consumer brand's everyday customers. We use AI-assisted prototyping to get working screens in front of you fast, so design decisions get made early on either platform. Every screen is built to the same interaction and performance standard, so the app feels considered rather than assembled from mismatched parts.
[FAQs]
A traditional agency bills largely for manual hours across design, development, and QA on each platform separately. Our AI-enabled process lets a small, senior team move through the same work faster, which is how we deliver comparable or better quality iOS and Android apps for around $20,000 in about 6 weeks, versus roughly $200,000 and 6 months elsewhere.
Our published tiers anchor the range: prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Pricing depends on scope, but a typical custom cross-platform build with our AI-enabled process runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 an Oakland agency using a fully manual, platform-by-platform process might quote for similar work, with delivery in about 6 weeks instead of 6 months.
We start with a discovery phase to nail down requirements and platform strategy, move into AI-assisted architecture and prototyping, then build in short iterative cycles with your feedback built in. Senior engineers review every stage, and continuous testing runs throughout on both iOS and Android, so you see steady progress instead of a single reveal at the end.
Off-the-shelf platforms are fast to start but hard to differentiate on and often break down as your requirements grow. A custom mobile app, built efficiently with AI-enabled development, gives you full control over the experience on both iOS and Android and the flexibility to scale, at a cost that's now much closer to the off-the-shelf option.
[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.
