Customize Session Clock for Your Practice
A walkthrough of every setting in Session Clock — from session durations and titles to display preferences and time formatting.
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Your Clock, Your Way
No two practices are identical. A physiotherapist running 30-minute follow-ups has different needs than an RMT doing 90-minute deep tissue sessions. Session Clock's settings page lets you tailor every aspect of the app to match how you actually work.
Timezone
At the top of Settings you'll find your timezone selector. This is the first thing to set — it affects every time displayed in the app, including session start times and schedule suggestions. If you travel for work or your device timezone doesn't match your clinic's location, set it here once and forget about it.
Clock Format & Display
The General Settings section covers the basics:
- 24-Hour Clock: Toggle between 24h and 12h format. In 12h mode, Session Clock shows a blue (AM) or red (PM) dot so there's never ambiguity.
- Bold Font: Increases text weight for better readability from across the room.
- Show Seconds: Turn seconds on or off depending on whether you need that level of precision.
Minute Interval & Rounding
The Minute Interval setting controls the granularity of your time picker. Choose from 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, or 60 minute intervals. This affects:
- The time picker when creating or editing sessions
- How "Quick Start" rounds the current time
The Gap Between Sessions setting controls the minimum buffer enforced between back-to-back appointments.
Time Rounding controls whether Quick Start rounds down (start at the beginning of the current block) or rounds up (start at the next block). Round-down is forgiving if you're running a couple minutes late; round-up is stricter.
Session Durations
Under Session Management, you can define exactly which duration options appear when starting a session. The defaults are 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, and 120 minutes, but you can add any length from 1 to 480 minutes. Running 25-minute express treatments? Add it. Doing 3-hour training intensives? Add that too.
You can also set a default duration and a default start time for the first session of each day.
Session Titles
Create a list of treatment types that you offer — "Swedish", "Deep Tissue", "Hot Stone", "Facial", whatever fits your menu. Each title can have its own default duration, so selecting "Deep Tissue" automatically sets the timer to 90 minutes while "Express Facial" sets it to 30.
This saves a step every time you start a session — pick the title and the duration fills itself in.
Display Toggles
The Display & UI section lets you show or hide individual elements on the live clock screen:
- Client name
- Elapsed time
- Remaining time
- Time expiry flash alert
- Session time range (start – end)
- Session title
- Date display
Some therapists want a minimal clock with just the countdown. Others want every detail visible. Toggle each one independently until the screen shows exactly what you need and nothing you don't.
Putting It All Together
The best approach is to spend five minutes configuring your settings when you first sign up, then forget about them. Set your timezone, pick your durations, add your treatment titles, and toggle the display elements you care about. After that, your daily workflow is just: open the schedule, tap start, and focus on your client.
