DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
One TypeScript codebase, senior engineers, and AI-accelerated delivery: we build React Native iOS apps that reach the App Store in weeks and stay easy for your own team to extend.
★★★★★
“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]
We build iOS apps in React Native with Expo, written in TypeScript end to end. The process is AI-enabled at every stage: AI-assisted scaffolding and code generation, AI-drafted test coverage, and AI-augmented code review, all directed and verified by senior engineers. Fast Refresh and Expo's tooling make iteration quick on their own; layered with AI acceleration, we get from requirements to a working build on real devices fast, then iterate in quick, reviewable rounds so you're reacting to actual screens on your own phone instead of waiting weeks for a big reveal. When a feature needs to go deeper than JavaScript, our engineers write native Swift modules, so no device capability is off the table.
Because React Native shares React's component model, the same product logic can power a companion web app in React or Next.js, one codebase strategy across iPhone and browser instead of two parallel builds. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, we handle App Store submission and review, and Expo's update tooling lets us ship fixes to JavaScript code without waiting on a full release cycle. Senior engineers stay accountable for the architecture and for every line that reaches production; AI's job is to compress the distance between your idea and a shippable app.
[Deliverables]
A fully custom iOS application built in React Native and TypeScript, taken from requirements to App Store launch by senior engineers using AI-accelerated implementation and testing. Because React Native renders genuine native components, the finished app performs and feels like one built in Swift, while the single codebase also runs on Android whenever you're ready to expand. Everything AI accelerates is reviewed and owned by a senior developer before it ships.
For products that need both an iPhone app and a web presence, we build with React Native on mobile and React or Next.js on the web, sharing business logic, API layers, and TypeScript types across both. You maintain one product brain instead of two diverging codebases, features land on both platforms together, and any JavaScript developer you hire later can work across the entire stack.
When your app needs capabilities beyond the JavaScript layer, from camera, location, and push notifications to HealthKit, payments, or Bluetooth, our engineers write the native Swift modules that expose them cleanly to React Native. AI speeds up the integration scaffolding; senior developers handle the platform-specific details that determine whether a feature passes App Store review and holds up on real devices and networks.
[FAQs]
Yes. React Native is built and maintained by Meta, renders real native iOS UI components rather than a web view, and has one of the most mature library ecosystems in mobile development. Because it's written in JavaScript and TypeScript, the world's largest developer talent pool can maintain your app after launch. For most products it delivers native-quality results from a single codebase that also covers Android, which reduces both cost and long-term maintenance burden.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. With our AI-accelerated process, a React Native iOS build typically lands around $20,000 all-in and ships in about 6 weeks; the same scope at a traditional agency often runs closer to $200,000 over 6 months. React Native's single codebase, mature open-source libraries, and AI handling the repetitive scaffolding and test writing all reduce billable engineering hours without reducing the quality of the code that ships.
Yes, and it's one of React Native's biggest advantages. Because it uses the same component model as React, your iOS app can share business logic, data handling, and TypeScript types with a React or Next.js web app. If you already have a React website, much of that investment carries directly into mobile; if you're starting fresh, we can plan one shared codebase strategy across app and web from day one.
Most of our React Native iOS projects go from kickoff to App Store submission in about 6 weeks, where the industry norm is closer to 6 months. React Native's Fast Refresh makes iteration quick, Expo's tooling streamlines builds and App Store submission, and AI acceleration compresses the scaffolding, boilerplate, and test-writing stages. Senior engineers review everything along the way, so the shorter timeline reflects less repetitive work, not fewer quality checks.
[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.
