Five days free, no card
VPNs for iPhone: setup without a VPN app
On an iPhone a VPN is a system setting plus an app that fills it in. The app does not have to come from the company that sells the service.
No card and no account. The key is issued in Telegram in about a minute.
- Key
- 1
- Devices at once
- 5
- Logs kept
- 0
- Free before any payment
- 5 days
- Locations · online
- 6
- Monthly, after the free days
- $4.9/mo
Scan the QR or paste the vless:// link into your client. Nothing is charged for the first five days.
- Ashburn12 ms
- Los Angeles58 ms
- Toronto24 ms
- London79 ms
- Frankfurt88 ms
- Tokyo146 ms
All locations run VLESS over Reality; on a filtered network it reads as ordinary HTTPS.
- Fits v2rayNG, Hiddify, V2Box, Streisand
- No app of ours to install
- Five devices on one key
- Five days free, then a flat price per term
- No logs, no account
VPNs for iPhone in short
If you are wondering what is a VPN in iPhone settings, it is a switch that sends all of the phone's traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a server you choose. The status bar shows a small VPN badge while it is on. iOS does not care which company provides the tunnel. It only needs an app that creates the configuration. With BSR that app is a free general purpose client, and the service itself is a key you paste into it.
So VPNs for iPhone do not have to mean a branded app with an account. Here it is one free client from the App Store, one key from a Telegram bot and one permission prompt.
Setup on iPhone and iPad
- 1Install Streisand or V2Box from the App Store. Both are free. Shadowrocket is a paid alternative that many people like.
- 2Open @bsr_key_bot in Telegram and ask for the five free days. No Apple ID, email or card is requested.
- 3In the client tap the plus sign and scan the QR image, or copy the vless:// line and choose import from clipboard.
- 4iOS asks for permission to add VPN configurations. Allow it and confirm with Face ID or your passcode.
- 5Select the nearest location and connect. The VPN badge appears in the status bar.
What to check before choosing a VPN on iPhone
People type what VPN iPhone into a search box hoping for a brand name. Articles on the best iPhone VPNs and the best free VPNs for iPhone list apps by brand. The more useful checks are about behaviour. Does the app ask for anything beyond the VPN permission. Does the company say what it logs. Does the free tier have a visible limit. Several free iOS VPNs in the store are funded by advertising SDKs, which is a strange thing to put inside a privacy tool.
A client such as Streisand has a narrower job. It reads a key and opens a tunnel. It has no account system, and its publisher is not the company selling you the connection. That separation is the point.
iPhone specifics worth knowing
- The same key works on an iPad. People searching VPNs for iPad need no separate product.
- iOS may pause the tunnel when the phone sleeps for a long time. Reconnecting takes one tap.
- iCloud Private Relay and a VPN can coexist. When both are on, the VPN carries the traffic.
- Connect On Demand style rules exist in some clients and keep the tunnel up on untrusted Wi-Fi.
- Removing the VPN is simple. Delete the client, or remove the entry under Settings, General, VPN and Device Management.
What you get and what you do not
- ✓Every app on the phone goes through the tunnel, not only Safari.
- ✓One key covers five devices, so the iPhone, the iPad and a laptop share it.
- ✓Six locations: Ashburn, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo.
- ✓No permanent free plan. The trial is five days, and then the key stops.
- ✓A VPN does not block trackers inside apps and does not hide you from accounts you log in to.
Battery and speed
An encrypted tunnel uses a little extra power, mostly while data is moving. In normal use the difference is hard to notice. Speed depends on the distance to the location, so choose the nearest one unless you need a particular country. If a connection feels slow on cellular, switch location once before blaming the phone. The route differs from carrier to carrier.
Five days, no card
VPNs for iPhone: setup without a VPN app - 5 days free
Open the Telegram bot and get your personal VLESS key in about 30 seconds.
- Key in Telegram in under a minute
- No card, no email, no KYC
- Works in the client you already have
- Five devices on one key
Nothing is charged and nothing renews on its own. · Bot online · VLESS over Reality
Account statement
Every balance on this statement is zero
There is no account here, so there is nothing to attach a log to. You never give us an email, a phone number or a name. The bot knows a Telegram chat, a key and an expiry date, and that is the whole record. We say that plainly instead of pretending to be beyond every jurisdiction.
| What we hold about you | Balance |
|---|---|
| Registration, email, phone number | 0 |
| Browsing history and connection logs | 0 |
| Connection times and IP addresses | 0 |
| Card details stored | 0 |
| Silent renewals and hidden charges | 0 |
Notes to the statement
Questions people ask before the first key
What is the VPN in iPhone settings for?
It sends the phone's traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a server of your choice. The badge in the status bar shows when it is active.
Are there free VPNs for iPhone that are safe?
Capped free tiers from known companies are. Avoid apps with unknown publishers or advertising SDKs. Our five day trial needs no card.
Do I need to jailbreak or install a profile?
No. The client comes from the App Store and adds a standard VPN configuration with your permission.
Does the key work on iPad too?
Yes. The same client and the same key work, and the iPad counts as one of five devices.
Will a VPN for the iPhone drain the battery?
Only slightly. Most of the cost comes while data is transferred, not while the phone is idle.
Why does the VPN turn off by itself sometimes?
iOS suspends network extensions to save power after long sleep. Reconnect with one tap, or enable the client's on demand option.
Still unsure?
Support and your key live in the same Telegram bot. The setup page shows which client to install.