A new app created by three Washington University students allows users to access all photos taken in a certain radius over 24 hours and download the photos they want to keep.

The Hubble App, created by juniors Aditya Gaddipati, Devin Patel and Vivek Yanamadala, launched this past December and currently has 800 downloads. Now, the three juniors are working toward improving the app based on user feedback.

The creators said the app better allows people attending events to remember every moment, regardless of who took the original photo.

Gaddipati elaborated on the utility and beauty of the photo-sharing app.

“What it allows users to do is make a seamless, one-place location for everyone to have access to all of the photos from an event,” Gaddipati said.

Patel described his personal experience with this problem.

“Over the summer, we all had a bunch of events going on, and we all got sick and tired of taking pictures and needing other people to send them,” Patel said. “The main thing we want is to capture every single moment and memory we had, without losing it.”

Gaddipati noted two major issues the app works to solve through its cloud-based platform.

“The first [problem] is that after an event, people often don’t remember who took what photos,” Gaddipati said. “The second is that photos are stored in the cloud as opposed to the phone itself, therefore opening up storage.”

Based on user feedback, the founders are releasing an update soon that includes a tutorial to help users navigate the app, new features, and bug fixes.

“What we’re really trying to do is branch out and get more people to learn about the app, because the more people who use the app, the more feedback we get and the better we can accustom the app to the users,” Gaddipati said.

Now that the founders have developed and released the app, their focus is to increase awareness outside of just their immediate friends and family.

“We’ve started hiring representatives at other major universities across the U.S. to be a physical presence,” Gaddipati said. “Obviously word of mouth and social media can only do so much. If there’s someone there showing you the app or creating events, the effect could be much greater.”

The founders recently partnered with Pyramid Promotions, a student-run event organizer for Wash. U. students and St. Louis locals. Booths explaining the app’s features will be present at future Pyramid events.

None of the founders have a major in business or a related field, but they have worked with industry professionals to learn more.

“We’ve spoken to a lot of people in business, as we might not have the intellectual acumen now, but that doesn’t mean it’s something we can’t gain,” Gaddipati said.

The founders added that they are looking forward to the future development of their app.

“Because we’re so small, with only 800 users, it makes us adaptable,” Gaddipati said. “We can change direction pretty quickly, with more user feedback. Almost every big app started off completely different.”