[3] Guitar Praise was developed in response to the popularity of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, popular demand directly received by CEO Tom Bean via emails, and as a follow-up to Dance Praise—a dance game focused on Contemporary Christian music which proved successful within its market.

As a result of this mandate, its soundtrack consists of primarily Christian rock music with no offensive content, and the game additionally does not feature any animated avatars for players—as the company viewed the characters of Guitar Hero to be negative role models for its intended audience.

Christian entertainment site ICE gave the game a 7 out of 10, summarizing their thoughts by calling Guitar Praise "[a] 'rock-solid' product that can stand up with the competition.

However, they also noted that this style of game is better suited for console play, citing small text size and poor use of screen layout as major issues.

Tracey John of MTV's Multiplayer blog wrote that the game "is no doubt a slick and surprisingly competent 'Guitar Hero' knock-off aimed at the game-playing Christian market," and noted that the game stayed true to its market instead of attempting to re-invent the genre, and aside from songs making references to such themes, had little overtly religious imagery or tones.

"[9] U.S. Military site Stars and Stripes says that "Developer Digital Praise obviously has an idea that strikes a chord with Christian youth and a few tweaks would make this a popular item.

The expansion pack features twenty-five Stryper tracks from three of their albums: eleven from 7 Weeks: Live in America, 2003, nine from Murder by Pride, and five from Reborn.