Bank cards are not the standard direct gate-entry payment method.
Mobile wallet
Partial
Digital nol card on supported Samsung or Huawei devices
Source: RTA digital nol This is a device-limited digital nol card, not general Apple Pay, Google Pay, or bank-card wallet acceptance.
QR gate entry
No
Official app
No
The nol Pay app issues or manages a supported digital nol card; the app itself is not scanned or shown as a gate ticket.
Paper ticket or token
Yes
nol Red Ticket
Source: RTA nol RTA describes the nol Red Ticket as a paper-based ticket sold by ticket vending machines.
Visitor pass
No
RTA does not document a separate Dubai Metro tourist pass; the nol Red Ticket is a regular paper ticket.