64 projects, 18 published cases. Why teams choose Humbleteam over MetaLab
MetaLab has been making interfaces since 2006. We are the newer company with a narrower focus: regulated product design, and AI agents installed inside your own design team.
Facts about MetaLab read from their own site · August 5, 2026
How each company describes itself
MetaLab
MetaLab’s home page says “We make interfaces.” It states the company has been running “Since 2006” and has “helped the most innovative startups and reputable brands design, build, and ship products worth talking about.”
Team size, offices, client list, engagement model, and pricing are not stated on the home page, and there is no AI claim on it.
Humbleteam
We are a 49-person product design company founded in 2017, with offices in Prague and Dubai. We publish 18 case studies and 64 projects, hold 80+ design awards, and have shipped work for 30+ major banks and 56 fintechs. We also rerun a sports app benchmark every four weeks.
Our flagship AI service installs agents inside your design team: handoff, resizing, asset production, design QA, and design-to-code, with human review before merge.
Three reasons teams pick us over MetaLab
MetaLab’s craft is proven. These are the differences that decide it.
Regulated screens are our normal work
KYC, limits, disputes, card states, clinical results, insurance claims. We have shipped 30+ banks and 56 fintechs and studied 30+ healthtech platforms. Most of our weeks go to exactly these screens.
The engagement can leave agents behind
An engagement with us can end with agents installed in your workspace, on your billing. Your designers keep directing them after we stop invoicing: handoff, resizing, QA, and design-to-code drafts.
A published record you can check
18 published cases, a named client list, a Clutch profile at 4.9 across 35 reviews, and three research reports. All of it is public before you ever book a call.
Humbleteam vs MetaLab, side by side
MetaLab publishes very little on its home page. Where their site does not state a fact, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | MetaLab |
|---|---|---|
| Best known for | Product design for money, sport and health products, plus AI infrastructure for design teams | Interface design — “We make interfaces” |
| Operating since | 2017 | 2006, per their site |
| Team size | 49 people | Not stated on their site |
| Offices | Prague and Dubai | Not stated on their site |
| How AI shows up | Agents installed in your workspace, reading your design system, with human review before merge | No AI service or claim on their home page |
| Published case studies | 18 full cases, 64 projects listed | A portfolio of work, without the numbers stated |
| Research we publish | Three reports: 12 sport trends from 100 fan interviews, 27 sports apps audited, 30+ healthtech platforms | None stated on the home page |
| Independent proof | 4.9 on Clutch across 35 reviews, 80+ design awards | Two decades of shipped product work, widely referenced |
When MetaLab is the better call
Three situations where MetaLab is the stronger hire.
A consumer product that has to feel exceptional
MetaLab has designed mass-market interfaces since 2006. For a consumer product where feel decides adoption, that pattern knowledge is worth paying for.
Board-level reassurance
Some decisions get made on reputation, and MetaLab has 20 years of it. If your board needs a name it already knows, that is a real reason to hire them.
You want design and build under one roof
MetaLab’s positioning covers designing, building, and shipping. We commit production front-end code through the agent layer and do not staff a general engineering team. For a single-vendor build, they fit better.
What we bring to the table
Consumer scale, published work, and client reviews.
481,000+
positive App Store reviews
on Tinder’s BLK, a product we designed
64
projects shown
18 with a full case study
4.9
Clutch rating
across 35 client reviews
Work you can check
One consumer case, one clinical, and one financial.
Tinder Black
BLK, Tinder’s dating app made for the Black community — 481,000+ positive App Store reviews.
Eko Health
Advanced stethoscopes and smart assessment software, with the exam and result states that come with them.
Chuck
A bold identity for a bank that is anything but average, carried through the product.
Questions?
Does MetaLab publish its team size or offices?
No. The home page, as read on August 5, 2026, states “We make interfaces” and “Since 2006” and shows work. Team size, offices, and pricing are not on it.
Who has the stronger consumer portfolio?
MetaLab, on volume and on years. Our strongest consumer case is Tinder’s BLK, with 481,000+ positive App Store reviews. Most of our book is money, sport, and health products.
What can you do that MetaLab does not offer?
Install AI infrastructure in your design team. Agents run in your accounts, read your design system, and take handoff, resizing, asset production, design QA, and design-to-code drafts. A human reviews everything before it ships. There is no equivalent service on their site.
Both of you are agencies — how do we compare price?
Neither publishes rates. Ask both for a fixed price on a first, small, useful piece of work. Ours is a fixed-price audit quoted on the first call, small enough to work as a test.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about MetaLab on this page comes from their own public pages, read on August 5, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- metalab.com — home page · read August 5, 2026
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