DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
From Caltech-adjacent research groups to Old Pasadena retailers, our senior engineers pair with AI to build custom iOS and Android apps for Pasadena clients in weeks instead of 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 development process for Pasadena clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with direct senior engineering oversight at every stage, across iOS and Android. That combination lets us deliver production-grade mobile applications on a timeline that manual, platform-by-platform development can't match, without cutting corners on the documentation and rigor a research-adjacent client base expects.
We move from requirements to a working prototype quickly, then iterate with you in short, transparent cycles. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, so we catch issues early rather than at the end of a long development phase, and we treat both platforms as equally important.
Pasadena's mix of biotech, research, and retail clients means we regularly adapt our process to fit different standards, more rigorous documentation and testing for a scientific client, faster iteration for a retail one, and we set that expectation during discovery rather than applying one template to every project. The result is a mobile application built for its specific context, delivered on a timeline AI-enabled development makes possible.
[Deliverables]
Custom mobile apps for Pasadena's biotech and research-adjacent companies, built with the documentation and testing rigor that scientific and technical clients expect. AI-accelerated development speeds up implementation while senior engineers maintain full ownership of architecture, data handling, and validation.
Mobile apps for Old Pasadena retailers and restaurants, built by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development to launch a fast, reliable customer-facing product without a lengthy build cycle. We manage the full lifecycle, from architecture through app store launch and ongoing support.
Cross-platform mobile applications from a single, AI-accelerated codebase for Pasadena businesses reaching iOS and Android at once. AI-enabled workflows speed up implementation while our engineers retain full ownership of security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
[FAQs]
We start with discovery to define requirements and, for research-adjacent clients, documentation standards, then move into AI-assisted architecture and prototyping, followed by iterative development with your feedback built in. Senior engineers review every stage, and typical projects land around 6 weeks and $20,000, well under the standard $200,000 and 6-month timeline.
Our published tiers anchor the range: 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-typical 6 months.
Yes. For biotech and research-adjacent clients, we adapt our process to include more rigorous documentation, validation, and testing than a typical consumer app. AI-assisted development still speeds up implementation, but senior engineers set and enforce the standards that a scientific or technical stakeholder actually needs to see.
Look for a team that can show real, production-grade work and explain how AI actually fits into their process, not just claim fast turnaround. We combine AI-assisted development with senior engineering oversight across both iOS and Android, adjusting our rigor to fit a retail launch or a research-grade build as needed.
[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.
