How to set up Shtil VPN on iPhone and iPad

Steps

1. Install Karing from the App Store.
2. Open the bot @ShtilVipBot: the first 7 days are free, once per account. On the key screen choose «iPhone or iPad».
3. Tap the subscription link in the bot, it gets copied. In Karing: «Add profile» → «Add subscription», paste the link into the top field and tap «Save».
4. Tap the shield at the bottom of Karing. The iPhone asks to add a VPN configuration: «Allow».
5. Check: a foreign site opens, and a Russian one opens as fast as without a VPN.

Without Telegram

Open shtil.vip/key on the iPhone: it has a key for 2 hours or 1 GB with no bot, to test the connection on your network. The permanent subscription is then in the bot or the account page shtil.vip/my.

Hiddify and Happ

The subscription works in them too, and the bot adds it in one tap. But these apps are not in the Russian App Store, only in other countries' stores.

If the connection drops

• Check the subscription end date in the bot.
• Turn off «iCloud Private Relay»: it competes with the VPN for the connection.
• Keep one VPN on: the iPhone gives the connection to one app, the other one says «connected» and does nothing.
• Update the subscription in Karing: turn the VPN off, update the profile, turn it on again.