The amount of candy needed for power upevolve is represented in the Evolution and Power Up Info section . That first Candy field is supposed to be the exact count of candy you have for that pokemon . after calculating IV . the EvPU section tells you the Candy Cost required to evolve to the Pokemon listed next to Evolution . For 3 stage evolutions , you may have to select the 3 rd stage to see what your cost would be to go the full evolution path . In addition , the Slider on that final page is the forecasting feature . Far left of the slider is the current pokemon level I have pidgey that is level 25 , so , the far left is level 25 . The orange dot is the max level you can currently powerup to given your current Trainer level . If you move the black dot to the orange dot , the Candy Cost and Stardust Cost updates to show how much is required to get to that level Lvl 28 . 5 for me , would be 88 candies to go from pidgeypidgeot , AND powerup to level 28 . 5 , costing 29 , 500 Stardust . Then to round it out , moving the black dot into the orange area is the what if scenarios above your current trainer level . Farright being level 40 , which is 282 pidgey candies and 194 , 000 stardust . hardly worth it for a final CP 1798 HP 141 Pidgeot .