While there’s nothing wrong with IMP: Surf the Music per se, I just couldn’t get hooked. There are plenty of other great music games in the App Store, and IMP just doesn’t cut it.

BeatRider is a groovy rhythm game similar to Tap Tap Revenge, but with a killer feature: the ability to upload your own tracks. While the process is a minor headache, the actual game is top-notch.

While World of Tunes only has ten songs, it features a unique full-screen, non-linear gameplay that uniquely utilizes the iPhone’s capabilities and puts it at the forefront of the App Store rhythm genre.